--- title: Isaiah 50:10 (JPS 1917) — Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of Hi… · tree and pragmatics description: Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of His servant? though he walketh in darkness, and hath no light, let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God. Who acts: that, LORD. 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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 (that, LORD), 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:1128 # text = Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of His servant? though he walketh in darkness, and hath no light, let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God. 1 Who who PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 among among ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 0 root _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 feareth fear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 obeyeth obey VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 18 though though SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 walketh walk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 darkness darkness NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 hath have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 26 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 27 det _ _ 27 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 trust trust VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 41 upon upon ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=q, act=ask | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | among you | tree rules | | 2 | **fear** | present | | the LORD | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lord=Stimulus | | 3 | **obey** | present | that | the voice of LORD's servant | | | | | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Theme | | 4 | **walk** | present | LORD | | | darkness | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in darkness=Trajectory | | 5 | **have** | present | LORD *not said here* | no light | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Patient | | 6 | **let** | infinitive | | LORD | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **trust** | infinitive | LORD *not said here* | | | the name of the LORD | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **stay** | infinitive | LORD *not said here* | | | | | upon LORD's God | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon god=Location | | 9 | **name** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} מִ֤י בָכֶם֙ יְרֵ֣א יְהוָ֔ה שֹׁמֵ֖עַ בְּק֣וֹל עַבְדּ֑וֹ אֲשֶׁ֣ר ׀ הָלַ֣ךְ חֲשֵׁכִ֗ים וְאֵ֥ין נֹ֙גַהּ֙ ל֔וֹ יִבְטַח֙ בְּשֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֔ה וְיִשָּׁעֵ֖ן בֵּאלֹהָֽיו׃ [Isaiah 50:10: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.50.10/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:1128` 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 50:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1127/) - next →: [Isaiah 50:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1129/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 50:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.50.10/)