--- title: Isaiah 55:5 (JPS 1917) — Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and a nation… · tree and pragmatics description: Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and a nation that knew not thee shall run unto thee; because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel, for He hath glorified thee. Who acts: thou, nation. 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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 (thou, nation), 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:1209 # text = Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and a nation that knew not thee shall run unto thee; because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel, for He hath glorified thee. 1 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 nsubj _ _ 4 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 nation nation NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obj _ _ 9 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 nsubj _ _ 10 knowest know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 nation nation NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 17 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 19 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 obj _ _ 20 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 22 unto unto ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 obl _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 25 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 28 case _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 25 fixed _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 29 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 appos _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 Holy Holy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 flat _ _ 36 One One PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 for for SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 glorified glorify VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ _ 44 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 43 obj _ _ 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | shall | thou | a nation | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent nation=Recipient | | 2 | **not** **know** | present | thou | a nation | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | | 3 | **not** **know** | past | a nation | thee | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer thou=Stimulus | | 4 | **run** | shall | a nation | | | | | unto thee; because the LORD and the Holy One of Israel | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **glorify** | present · perfect | nation | thee | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=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} הֵ֣ן גּ֤וֹי לֹֽא־תֵדַע֙ תִּקְרָ֔א וְג֥וֹי לֹֽא־יְדָע֖וּךָ אֵלֶ֣יךָ יָר֑וּצוּ לְמַ֙עַן֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ וְלִקְד֥וֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל כִּ֥י פֵאֲרָֽךְ׃ס [Isaiah 55:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.55.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:1209` 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 55:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1208/) - next →: [Isaiah 55:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1210/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 55:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.55.5/)