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title: Isaiah 59:21 (JPS 1917) — And as for Me, this is My covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spi… · tree and pragmatics
description: And as for Me, this is My covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and My words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever. Who acts:
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# Isaiah 59:21 · JPS 1917

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And as for Me, this is My covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and My words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.

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**Who acts:** this, LORD, spirit, I, My · **What happens:** be, say, put, not depart, word · **To what, where:** covenant, words, mouth · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Isaiah 59:21 · 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 (this, LORD, spirit, 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:1295
# text = And as for Me, this is My covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and My words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
2	as	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	2	fixed	_	_
4	Me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	covenant	covenant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	ccomp	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nmod	_	_
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	saith	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
16	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
17	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	spirit	spirit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	nsubj	_	_
19	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	22	nsubj	_	_
20	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
21	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	18	acl:relcl	_	_
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
25	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	conj	_	_
27	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	30	obj	_	_
28	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
29	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	aux	_	_
30	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	26	acl:relcl	_	_
31	in	in	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	33	nmod:poss	_	_
33	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	_
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
35	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	37	aux	_	_
36	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	37	advmod	_	_
37	depart	depart	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	ccomp	_	_
38	out	out	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	41	nmod:poss	_	_
41	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	_
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
43	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	47	cc	_	_
44	out	out	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
45	of	of	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	conj	_	_
48	of	of	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	50	nmod:poss	_	_
50	seed	seed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	nmod	_	_
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
52	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	56	cc	_	_
53	out	out	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
54	of	of	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	conj	_	_
57	of	of	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
58	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	59	nmod:poss	_	_
59	seed	seed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	nmod:poss	_	_
60	's	's	PART	POS	_	59	case	_	_
61	seed	seed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	nmod	_	_
62	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
63	saith	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	_
64	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
65	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	63	nsubj	_	_
66	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	68	punct	_	_
67	from	from	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
68	henceforth	henceforth	ADV	RB	_	63	obl	_	_
69	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	71	cc	_	_
70	for	for	ADP	IN	_	71	case	_	_
71	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	68	conj	_	_
72	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: promise
- 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 | **is a** | present | this | My covenant |  |  |  | as Me; with coat | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **is** | present | My spirit and My words |  |  |  |  | upon thee | tree rules |
| 4 | **put** | present · perfect | I | My words |  | thy mouth |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent which=Theme in mouth=Destination |
| 5 | **not** **depart** | shall | My spirit and My words |  |  | thy mouth nor the mouth of thy seed nor the mouth of thy seed's seed |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme out mouth=Initial\_Location |
| 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **word** |  | My |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: 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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וַאֲנִ֗י זֹ֣את בְּרִיתִ֤י אוֹתָם֙ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה רוּחִי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָלֶ֔יךָ וּדְבָרַ֖י אֲשֶׁר־שַׂ֣מְתִּי בְּפִ֑יךָ לֹֽא־יָמ֡וּשׁוּ מִפִּיךָ֩ וּמִפִּ֨י זַרְעֲךָ֜ וּמִפִּ֨י זֶ֤רַע זַרְעֲךָ֙ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה מֵעַתָּ֖ה וְעַד־עוֹלָֽם׃ס

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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:1295` 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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