--- title: Isaiah 49:25 (JPS 1917) — But thus saith the LORD: Even the captives of the mighty shall be ta… · tree and pragmatics description: But thus saith the LORD: Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; and I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children. Who acts: LORD, 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, 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:1111 # text = But thus saith the LORD: Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; and I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 thus thus 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 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 7 Even even ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 captives captive NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 nmod _ _ 13 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ _ 16 away away ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 prey prey NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 nmod _ _ 24 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 delivered deliver VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 contend contend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ _ 34 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 35 contendeth contend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 35 obl _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 43 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ _ 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none, voice=character | # | 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 | **take away** | shall · passive | | the captives of the mighty | | | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **deliver** | shall · passive | | the prey of the terrible | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **contend** | future | I | | | | | with prey | vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with he=Co-Agent | | 5 | **contend** | present | | | | | | with thee | vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with thou=Co-Agent | | 6 | **save** | future | I | thy children | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=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} כִּי־כֹ֣ה ׀ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה גַּם־שְׁבִ֤י גִבּוֹר֙ יֻקָּ֔ח וּמַלְק֥וֹחַ עָרִ֖יץ יִמָּלֵ֑ט וְאֶת־יְרִיבֵךְ֙ אָנֹכִ֣י אָרִ֔יב וְאֶת־בָּנַ֖יִךְ אָנֹכִ֥י אוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃ [Isaiah 49:25: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.49.25/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:1111` 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 49:24 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1110/) - next →: [Isaiah 49:26 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1112/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 49:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.49.25/)