--- title: Isaiah 61:1 (JPS 1917) — The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointe… · tree and pragmatics description: The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to bring good tidings unto the humble; He hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the eyes to them that are bound; Who acts: spirit, LORD, me, opening. 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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 (spirit, LORD, me, opening), 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:1318 # text = The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to bring good tidings unto the humble; He hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the eyes to them that are bound; 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 GOD GOD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 upon upon ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 0 root _ _ 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 11 because because SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 anointed anoint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 16 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 19 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 tidings tiding NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 21 unto unto ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 humble humble NOUN NN Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 parataxis _ _ 28 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 bind bind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 31 up up ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 33 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 amod _ _ 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ _ 35 hearted hearted NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 proclaim proclaim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 39 liberty liberty NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 captives captive NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 opening opening NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nmod _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nmod _ _ 52 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 54 nsubj _ _ 53 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 cop _ _ 54 bound bound ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 acl:relcl _ _ 55 ; ; PUNCT : _ 9 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 | **is** | present | the spirit of the Lord GOD | | | | | upon me | tree rules | | 2 | **anoint** | present · perfect | the LORD | me | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **bring** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | good tidings | | | | unto the humble | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent tiding=Theme | | 4 | **send** | present · perfect | LORD | me | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **bind up** | to-infinitive | me *not said here* | the broken hearted | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hearted=Patient | | 6 | **break** | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **proclaim** | to-infinitive | me *not said here* | liberty | | | | to the captives | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent liberty=Theme to captive=Attribute | | 8 | **is** | present | the opening of the eyes to eyes | | | | | bound *property* | tree rules | 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} ר֛וּחַ אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִ֖ה עָלָ֑י יַ֡עַן מָשַׁח֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֹתִ֜י לְבַשֵּׂ֣ר עֲנָוִ֗ים שְׁלָחַ֙נִי֙ לַחֲבֹ֣שׁ לְנִשְׁבְּרֵי־לֵ֔ב לִקְרֹ֤א לִשְׁבוּיִם֙ דְּר֔וֹר וְלַאֲסוּרִ֖ים פְּקַח־קֽוֹחַפְּקַח־קֽוֹחַ׃ [Isaiah 61:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.61.1/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:1318` 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 60:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1317/) - next →: [Isaiah 61:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1319/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 61:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.61.1/)