--- title: Isaiah 49:6 (JPS 1917) — Yea, He saith: 'It is too light a thing that thou shouldest be My se… · tree and pragmatics description: Yea, He saith: 'It is too light a thing that thou shouldest be My servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the offspring of Israel; I will also give thee for a light of the nations, that My salvation may be unto the end of the earth.' Who acts: LORD, It, thou, I. 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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, It, thou, I), 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:1088 # text = Yea, He saith: 'It is too light a thing that thou shouldest be My servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the offspring of Israel; I will also give thee for a light of the nations, that My salvation may be unto the end of the earth.' 1 Yea yea INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saith say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 6 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 7 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 9 too too ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 light light ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 14 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 nsubj _ _ 15 shouldest should AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 cop _ _ 17 My my PRON PRP$ Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 csubj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 raise raise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 acl _ _ 21 up up ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 tribes tribe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Jacob Jacob PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 restore restore VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 offspring offspring NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 also also ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 39 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 iobj _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nmod _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 47 that that SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 48 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 salvation salvation NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 50 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 51 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 54 cop _ _ 52 unto unto ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 advcl _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ _ 58 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 59 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: pos - indirect: yes - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | LORD | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | It | a light thing | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | should | thou | My servant | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **raise up** | to-infinitive | | the tribes of Jacob | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tribe=Theme | | 5 | **restore** | to-infinitive | | the offspring of Israel | | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent offspring=Theme | | 6 | **give** | future | I | | thee | | | for a light of the nations | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent thou=Theme for light=Asset | | 7 | **is** | may | My salvation | | | | unto the end | of the earth | tree rules | | 8 | **light** | | | the nations | | | | | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **salve** | | My | | | | | | nom salvation «act transitive»: 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} וַיֹּ֗אמֶר נָקֵ֨ל מִֽהְיוֹתְךָ֥ לִי֙ עֶ֔בֶד לְהָקִים֙ אֶת־שִׁבְטֵ֣י יַעֲקֹ֔ב וּנְצוּרֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְהָשִׁ֑יב וּנְתַתִּ֙יךָ֙ לְא֣וֹר גּוֹיִ֔ם לִֽהְי֥וֹת יְשׁוּעָתִ֖י עַד־קְצֵ֥ה הָאָֽרֶץ׃ס [Isaiah 49:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.49.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:1088` 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 49:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1087/) - next →: [Isaiah 49:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1089/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 49:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.49.6/)