--- title: Isaiah 49:5 (JPS 1917) — And now saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be His servan… · tree and pragmatics description: And now saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be His servant, to bring Jacob back to Him, and that Israel be gathered unto Him — for I am honourable in the eyes of the LORD, and my God is become my strength — Who acts: LORD, I, God. 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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, I, God), 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:1087 # text = And now saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be His servant, to bring Jacob back to Him, and that Israel be gathered unto Him — for I am honourable in the eyes of the LORD, and my God is become my strength — 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 now now ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 formed form VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 womb womb NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 cop _ _ 14 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 xcomp _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 19 Jacob Jacob PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 20 back back ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 gathered gather VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 advcl _ _ 29 unto unto ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 31 — - PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 32 for for SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 35 honourable honourable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 44 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 46 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 conj _ _ 48 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 xcomp _ _ 50 — - PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | now | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **form** | past | the LORD | me | | the womb | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent i=Result from womb=Material | | 3 | **is a** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | LORD's servant | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **bring back** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | Jacob | LORD | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent jacob=Theme to he=Destination | | 5 | **gather** | infinitive · passive | | Israel | | | | unto LORD | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **is** | present | I | | | the eyes of the LORD | | honourable *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **become** | present · passive | my God | my strength | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | 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} וְעַתָּ֣ה ׀ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה יֹצְרִ֤י מִבֶּ֙טֶן֙ לְעֶ֣בֶד ל֔וֹ לְשׁוֹבֵ֤ב יַֽעֲקֹב֙ אֵלָ֔יו וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל ל֣וֹ יֵאָסֵ֑ף וְאֶכָּבֵד֙ בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וֵאלֹהַ֖י הָיָ֥ה עֻזִּֽי׃ [Isaiah 49:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.49.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:1087` 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 49:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1086/) - next →: [Isaiah 49:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1088/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 49:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.49.5/)