--- title: Isaiah 49:18 (JPS 1917) — As I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them a… · tree and pragmatics description: As I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all as with an ornament, and gird thyself with them, like a bride. Who acts: I, LORD, thou. 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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 (I, LORD, thou), 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:1102 # text = As I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all as with an ornament, and gird thyself with them, like a bride. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 saith say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 9 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 nsubj _ _ 10 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 surely surely ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 clothe clothe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 13 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 obj _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ _ 16 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 15 det _ _ 17 as as ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 ornament ornament NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 gird gird VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 24 thyself thyself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes|Style=Arch 23 obj _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 like like ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 31 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | present | I | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **clothe** | shall | thou | thee | | | | with eyes *= eye*; as a ornament; surely *property* | vn dress-41.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Patient | | 4 | **gird** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | thyself | | | | with eyes *= eye*; like a bride | tree rules | 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} שְׂאִֽי־סָבִ֤יב עֵינַ֙יִךְ֙ וּרְאִ֔י כֻּלָּ֖ם נִקְבְּצ֣וּ בָֽאוּ־לָ֑ךְ חַי־אָ֣נִי נְאֻם־יְהוָ֗ה כִּ֤י כֻלָּם֙ כָּעֲדִ֣י תִלְבָּ֔שִׁי וּֽתְקַשְּׁרִ֖ים כַּכַּלָּֽה׃ [Isaiah 49:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.49.18/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. [Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1101/) 2. **As I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all as with an ornament, and gird thyself with them, like a bride.** **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:1102` 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 49:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1101/) - next →: [Isaiah 49:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1103/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 49:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.49.18/)