--- title: Isaiah 56:4 (JPS 1917) — For thus saith the LORD concerning the eunuchs that keep My sabbaths… · tree and pragmatics description: For thus saith the LORD concerning the eunuchs that keep My sabbaths, and choose the things that please Me, and hold fast by My covenant: Who acts: LORD, eunuchs, things, 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 (LORD, eunuchs, things, 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:1221 # text = For thus saith the LORD concerning the eunuchs that keep My sabbaths, and choose the things that please Me, and hold fast by My covenant: 1 For for SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 thus thus ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 6 concerning concern VERB VBG _ 3 advcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 eunuchs eunuch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 11 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 sabbaths sabbath NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 choose choose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 please please VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 20 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 hold hold VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 24 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 23 advmod _ _ 25 by by ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **concern** | gerund | the LORD *not said here* | the eunuchs | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus eunuch=Experiencer | | 3 | **keep** | present | the eunuchs | My sabbaths | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sabbath=Theme | | 4 | **choose** | present | the eunuchs *not said here* | the things | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme | | 5 | **please** | present | the things | Me | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer | | 6 | **hold** | present | the eunuchs *not said here* | | | | | by My covenant; fast *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by covenant=Location | | 7 | **covenant** | | My | | | | | | nom covenant «communication intransitive»: 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} כִּי־כֹ֣ה ׀ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה לַסָּֽרִיסִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר יִשְׁמְרוּ֙ אֶת־שַׁבְּתוֹתַ֔י וּבָֽחֲר֖וּ בַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר חָפָ֑צְתִּי וּמַחֲזִיקִ֖ים בִּבְרִיתִֽי׃ [Isaiah 56:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.56.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:1221` 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 56:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1220/) - next →: [Isaiah 56:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1222/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 56:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.56.4/)