--- title: Isaiah 49:8 (JPS 1917) — Thus saith the LORD: In an acceptable time have I answered thee, and… · tree and pragmatics description: Thus saith the LORD: In an acceptable time have I answered thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee; and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages; Who acts: LORD, I, people. 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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, people), 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:1090 # text = Thus saith the LORD: In an acceptable time have I answered thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee; and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages; 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 : _ 12 punct _ _ 6 In in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 acceptable acceptable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 10 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 answered answer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ _ 13 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 obj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 salvation salvation NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 helped help VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ _ 24 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 obj _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 preserve preserve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 30 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 obj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 34 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 33 iobj _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 raise raise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 44 up up ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 conj _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 inherit inherit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 xcomp _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 desolate desolate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 heritages heritage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obj _ _ 55 ; ; PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - 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 | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | present · perfect | I | thee | | | time | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent thou=Eventuality | | 3 | **help** | present · perfect | I | thee | | | day | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Beneficiary | | 4 | **preserve** | future | I | thee | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Beneficiary | | 5 | **give** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | thee | | | for a covenant of the people | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent thou=Theme for covenant=Asset | | 6 | **raise up** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | the land | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme | | 7 | **cause** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **inherit** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | the desolate heritages | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heritage=Theme | | 9 | **covenant** | | the people | | | | | | nom covenant «communication intransitive»: of=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} כֹּ֣ה ׀ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה בְּעֵ֤ת רָצוֹן֙ עֲנִיתִ֔יךָ וּבְי֥וֹם יְשׁוּעָ֖ה עֲזַרְתִּ֑יךָ וְאֶצָּרְךָ֗ וְאֶתֶּנְךָ֙ לִבְרִ֣ית עָ֔ם לְהָקִ֣ים אֶ֔רֶץ לְהַנְחִ֖יל נְחָל֥וֹת שֹׁמֵמֽוֹת׃ [Isaiah 49:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.49.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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