--- title: Isaiah 56:5 (JPS 1917) — Even unto them will I give in My house and within My walls a monumen… · tree and pragmatics description: Even unto them will I give in My house and within My walls a monument and a memorial better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting memorial, that shall not be cut off. Who acts: I. 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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), 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:1222 # text = Even unto them will I give in My house and within My walls a monument and a memorial better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting memorial, that shall not be cut off. 1 Even even ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 unto unto ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 4 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 within within ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 monument monument NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 memorial memorial NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 19 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 18 amod _ _ 20 than than ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 28 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ _ 29 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 everlasting everlasting ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 memorial memorial NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl:relcl _ _ 38 off off ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | future | I | a monument and a memorial | | My house and My walls | | unto things *= thing* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent monument=Theme | | 2 | **give** | future | I | a everlasting memorial | monument | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient memorial=Theme | | 3 | **not** **cut off** | shall · passive | | a everlasting memorial | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | 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} וְנָתַתִּ֨י לָהֶ֜ם בְּבֵיתִ֤י וּבְחֽוֹמֹתַי֙ יָ֣ד וָשֵׁ֔ם ט֖וֹב מִבָּנִ֣ים וּמִבָּנ֑וֹת שֵׁ֤ם עוֹלָם֙ אֶתֶּן־ל֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֖ר לֹ֥א יִכָּרֵֽת׃ס [Isaiah 56:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.56.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:1222` 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 56:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1221/) - next →: [Isaiah 56:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1223/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 56:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.56.5/)