--- title: Isaiah 49:2 (JPS 1917) — And He hath made my mouth like a sharp sword, in the shadow of His h… · tree and pragmatics description: And He hath made my mouth like a sharp sword, in the shadow of His hand hath He hid me; and He hath made me a polished shaft, in His quiver hath He concealed me; Who acts: LORD. 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The page gives the sentence's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, parsed by Mova and checked by a teacher model — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (LORD), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it. The original of the verse links back to its own tree and to the Targum. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = jps:ISA:1084 # text = And He hath made my mouth like a sharp sword, in the shadow of His hand hath He hid me; and He hath made me a polished shaft, in His quiver hath He concealed me; 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 like like ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 21 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 27 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 iobj _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 polished polish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 amod _ _ 30 shaft shaft NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 quiver quiver NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 35 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 concealed conceal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present · perfect | LORD | my mouth | | | | like a sharp sword | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouth=Product | | 2 | **hide** | present | LORD | me | | the shadow of LORD's hand | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent i=Patient in shadow=Location | | 3 | **make** | present · perfect | LORD | a polished shaft | me | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset i=Beneficiary shaft=Product | | 4 | **polish** | participle | | | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **conceal** | present | LORD | me | | LORD's quiver | | | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent i=Patient in quiver=Location | | 6 | **shadow** | | | LORD's hand | | | | | nom shadow «state transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **quiver** | | LORD | | | | | | nom quiver «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The Hebrew of this verse {#hebrew} וַיָּ֤שֶׂם פִּי֙ כְּחֶ֣רֶב חַדָּ֔ה בְּצֵ֥ל יָד֖וֹ הֶחְבִּיאָ֑נִי וַיְשִׂימֵ֙נִי֙ לְחֵ֣ץ בָּר֔וּר בְּאַשְׁפָּת֖וֹ הִסְתִּירָֽנִי׃ [Isaiah 49:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.49.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:1084` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Isaiah 49:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1083/) - next →: [Isaiah 49:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1085/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 49:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.49.2/)