--- title: Isaiah 49:7 (JPS 1917) — Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to him wh… · tree and pragmatics description: Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to him who is despised of men, to him who is abhorred of nations, to a servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise, princes, and they shall prostrate themselves; because of the LORD that is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who hath ch --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1089/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Isaiah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA/) / [chapter 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA/49/) / [49:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.49.7/) / JPS 1 # Isaiah 49:7 · JPS 1917 Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to him who is despised of men, to him who is abhorred of nations, to a servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise, princes, and they shall prostrate themselves; because of the LORD that is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee. **Who acts:** LORD, Kings, Holy One · **What happens:** say, despise, abhor, see, arise, prostrate · **To what, where:** Israel, Kings, thee · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Isaiah 49:7 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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, Kings, Holy One), 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:1089 # text = Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to him who is despised of men, to him who is abhorred of nations, to a servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise, princes, and they shall prostrate themselves; because of the LORD that is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee. 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Redeemer Redeemer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 Holy Holy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 flat _ _ 13 One One PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 despised despise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl:relcl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 conj _ _ 25 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 abhorred abhor VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl:relcl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 rulers ruler NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 36 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 37 Kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ _ 38 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 arise arise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 appos _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 prostrate prostrate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 49 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 48 obj _ _ 50 ; ; PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ _ 51 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 54 case _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 51 fixed _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 55 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 57 nsubj _ _ 56 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 cop _ _ 57 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 acl:relcl _ _ 58 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 59 even even ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 61 Holy Holy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 flat _ _ 62 One One PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 appos _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 nmod _ _ 65 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 66 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 68 nsubj _ _ 67 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 68 aux _ _ 68 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 62 acl:relcl _ _ 69 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 68 obj _ _ 70 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | Israel | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 2 | **despise** | present · passive | | | | | | of men | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 3 | **abhor** | present · passive | | | | | | of nations | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 4 | **see** | shall | Kings | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **arise** | infinitive | Kings *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **prostrate** | shall | Kings *= king* | Kings *= king* | | | | because the LORD | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | present | the LORD | | | | | faithful *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **choose** | present · perfect | the Holy One of Israel | thee | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | 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} כֹּ֣ה אָֽמַר־יְהוָה֩ גֹּאֵ֨ל יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל קְדוֹשׁ֗וֹ לִבְזֹה־נֶ֜פֶשׁ לִמְתָ֤עֵֽב גּוֹי֙ לְעֶ֣בֶד מֹשְׁלִ֔ים מְלָכִים֙ יִרְא֣וּ וָקָ֔מוּ שָׂרִ֖ים וְיִֽשְׁתַּחֲוּ֑וּלְמַ֤עַן יְהוָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נֶאֱמָ֔ן קְדֹ֥שׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וַיִּבְחָרֶֽךָּ׃ [Isaiah 49:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.49.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:1089` 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 49:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1088/) - next →: [Isaiah 49:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1090/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 49:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.49.7/)