--- title: Isaiah 51:11 (JPS 1917) — And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unt… · tree and pragmatics description: And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion, and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. Who acts: ransomed, everlasting joy, joy, sorrow. 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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 (ransomed, everlasting joy, joy, sorrow), 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:1142 # text = And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion, and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 ransomed ransom ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 singing sing NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 14 unto unto ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Zion Zion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 18 everlasting everlasting ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 20 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 cop _ _ 22 upon upon ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 obtain obtain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 29 gladness gladness NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 34 sorrow sorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 sighing sigh NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ _ 37 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 flee flee VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 39 away away ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: changed polarity=pos | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | shall | the ransomed of the LORD | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **come** | infinitive | the ransomed of the LORD *not said here* | | | | | with singing; unto Zion | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | shall | everlasting joy | | | | | upon joy's heads | tree rules | | 4 | **obtain** | shall | joy | gladness and joy | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset gladness=Theme | | 5 | **flee away** | shall | sorrow and sighing | | | | | away *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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} וּפְדוּיֵ֨י יְהוָ֜ה יְשׁוּב֗וּן וּבָ֤אוּ צִיּוֹן֙ בְּרִנָּ֔ה וְשִׂמְחַ֥ת עוֹלָ֖ם עַל־רֹאשָׁ֑ם שָׂשׂ֤וֹן וְשִׂמְחָה֙ יַשִּׂיג֔וּן נָ֖סוּ יָג֥וֹן וַאֲנָחָֽה׃ס [Isaiah 51:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.51.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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