--- title: Isaiah 53:12 (JPS 1917) — Therefore will I divide him a portion among the great, and he shall… · tree and pragmatics description: Therefore will I divide him a portion among the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the mighty; because he bared his soul unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. Who acts: I, arm. 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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, arm), 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:1184 # text = Therefore will I divide him a portion among the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the mighty; because he bared his soul unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. 1 Therefore therefore ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 divide divide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 portion portion NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 among among ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 great great NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 divide divide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 spoil spoil NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 mighty mighty NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 22 because because SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 bared bare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 unto unto ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 numbered number VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 conj _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 transgressors transgressor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 37 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 bore bear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 sin sin NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 many many NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 47 intercession intercession NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 48 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 transgressors transgressor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **divide** | future | I | a portion | arm | | | among the great; therefore *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **divide** | shall | arm | the spoil | | | | with the mighty | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent spoil=Patient with mighty=Instrument | | 3 | **bare** | past | arm | arm's soul | | | | unto death | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soul=Patient | | 4 | **number** | past · passive | arm *not said here* | | | | | with the transgressors | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP» | | 5 | **bear** | past | arm | the sin of many | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sin=Patient | | 6 | **make** | past | arm *not said here* | intercession | | | | for the transgressors | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent intercession=Product for transgressor=Asset | 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} לָכֵ֞ן אֲחַלֶּק־ל֣וֹ בָרַבִּ֗ים וְאֶת־עֲצוּמִים֮ יְחַלֵּ֣ק שָׁלָל֒ תַּ֗חַת אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֶעֱרָ֤ה לַמָּ֙וֶת֙ נַפְשׁ֔וֹ וְאֶת־פֹּשְׁעִ֖ים נִמְנָ֑ה וְהוּא֙ חֵטְא־רַבִּ֣ים נָשָׂ֔א וְלַפֹּשְׁעִ֖ים יַפְגִּֽיעַ׃ס [Isaiah 53:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.53.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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