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title: Isaiah 56:6 (JPS 1917) — Also the aliens, that join themselves to the LORD, to minister unto… · tree and pragmatics
description: Also the aliens, that join themselves to the LORD, to minister unto Him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be His servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, and holdeth fast by My covenant: Who acts: aliens, My. Isaiah 56:6 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmat
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# Isaiah 56:6 · JPS 1917

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Also the aliens, that join themselves to the LORD, to minister unto Him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be His servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, and holdeth fast by My covenant:

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**Who acts:** aliens, My · **What happens:** join, minister, love, be, keep, profane · **To what, where:** things, name, servants, sabbath, LORD

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This is Isaiah 56:6 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (aliens, 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:1223
# text = Also the aliens, that join themselves to the LORD, to minister unto Him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be His servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, and holdeth fast by My covenant:
1	Also	also	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	aliens	alien	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	join	join	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	minister	minister	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
14	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	love	love	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	conj	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
26	to	to	PART	TO	_	29	mark	_	_
27	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	cop	_	_
28	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	29	nmod:poss	_	_
29	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	_
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
31	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	32	nummod	_	_
32	one	one	NUM	CD	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	29	appos	_	_
33	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	34	nsubj	_	_
34	keepeth	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	32	acl:relcl	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	sabbath	sabbath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obj	_	_
37	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	38	mark	_	_
38	profaning	profane	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	34	advcl	_	_
39	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	obj	_	_
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
42	holdeth	hold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	34	conj	_	_
43	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	42	advmod	_	_
44	by	by	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	46	nmod:poss	_	_
46	covenant	covenant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	_
47	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: pos
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **join** | present | the aliens | things *= thing* |  |  |  | to the LORD | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient to lord=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **minister** | to-infinitive | the aliens *not said here* |  |  |  |  | unto LORD | tree rules |
| 3 | **love** | to-infinitive | the aliens *not said here* | the name of the LORD |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus |
| 4 | **is a** | to-infinitive | the aliens *not said here* | LORD's servants |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **keep** | present |  | the sabbath |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sabbath=Theme |
| 6 | **profane** | gerund |  | sabbath |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **hold** | present |  |  |  |  |  | by My covenant; fast *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by covenant=Location |
| 8 | **name** |  |  | the LORD |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 9 | **covenant** |  | My |  |  |  |  |  | nom covenant «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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}

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וּבְנֵ֣י הַנֵּכָ֗ר הַנִּלְוִ֤ים עַל־יְהוָה֙ לְשָׁ֣רְת֔וֹ וּֽלְאַהֲבָה֙ אֶת־שֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֔ה לִהְי֥וֹת ל֖וֹ לַעֲבָדִ֑ים כָּל־שֹׁמֵ֤ר שַׁבָּת֙ מֵֽחַלְּל֔וֹ וּמַחֲזִיקִ֖ים בִּבְרִיתִֽי׃

[Isaiah 56:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.56.6/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:1223` 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.

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