--- title: Isaiah 51:1 (JPS 1917) — Hearken to Me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the… · tree and pragmatics description: Hearken to Me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD; look unto the rock whence ye were hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye were digged. Who acts: you. 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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 (you), 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:1131 # text = Hearken to Me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD; look unto the rock whence ye were hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye were digged. 1 Hearken hearken VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 appos _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 follow follow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 after after ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 righteousness righteousness NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 appos _ _ 12 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 seek seek VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 17 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 18 unto unto ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 whence whence ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 22 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 hewn hew VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl:relcl _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 pit pit NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 whence whence ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 34 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 digged dig VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl:relcl _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hearken** | imperative | you *not said here* | | Me | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **follow** | present | | | | | after righteousness | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent after righteousness=Theme | | 3 | **seek** | present | | the LORD | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Theme | | 4 | **look** | infinitive | | | | | | unto the rock; to the hole of the pit | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to hole=Theme | | 5 | **hew** | past · passive | | ye | | | | whence *property* | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **dig** | past · passive | | ye | | | | whence *property* | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=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} שִׁמְע֥וּ אֵלַ֛י רֹ֥דְפֵי צֶ֖דֶק מְבַקְשֵׁ֣י יְהוָ֑ה הַבִּ֙יטוּ֙ אֶל־צ֣וּר חֻצַּבְתֶּ֔ם וְאֶל־מַקֶּ֥בֶת בּ֖וֹר נֻקַּרְתֶּֽם׃ [Isaiah 51:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.51.1/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:1131` 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 50:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1130/) - next →: [Isaiah 51:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1132/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 51:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.51.1/)