--- title: Isaiah 55:11 (JPS 1917) — So shall My word be that goeth forth out of My mouth: it shall not r… · tree and pragmatics description: So shall My word be that goeth forth out of My mouth: it shall not return unto Me void, except it accomplish that which I please, and make the thing whereto I sent it prosper. Who acts: word, I, My. 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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 (word, I, My), 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:1215 # text = So shall My word be that goeth forth out of My mouth: it shall not return unto Me void, except it accomplish that which I please, and make the thing whereto I sent it prosper. 1 So so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 3 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 goeth go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 forth forth ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 out out ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 13 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 18 unto unto ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ 20 void void ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 xcomp _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 except except SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 accomplish accomplish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 25 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 obj _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 obj _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 please please VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 whereto whereto ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 prosper prosper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 xcomp _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | infinitive | My word *not said here* | that | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | shall | My word | | | My mouth | | forth *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme out mouth=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **not** **return** | shall | word | | | | | unto Me; void *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **accomplish** | present | word | that | | | | | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 5 | **please** | present | I | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus which=Experiencer | | 6 | **make** | infinitive | word *not said here* | the thing | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset thing=Product | | 7 | **send** | past | I | thing | | | | prosper, whereto *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 8 | **word** | | My | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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} כֵּ֣ן יִֽהְיֶ֤ה דְבָרִי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֵצֵ֣א מִפִּ֔י לֹֽא־יָשׁ֥וּב אֵלַ֖י רֵיקָ֑ם כִּ֤י אִם־עָשָׂה֙ אֶת־אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָפַ֔צְתִּי וְהִצְלִ֖יחַ אֲשֶׁ֥ר שְׁלַחְתִּֽיו׃ [Isaiah 55:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.55.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:1215` 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 55:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1214/) - next →: [Isaiah 55:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1216/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 55:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.55.11/)