--- title: Isaiah 61:6 (JPS 1917) — But ye shall be named the priests of the LORD, men shall call you th… · tree and pragmatics description: But ye shall be named the priests of the LORD, men shall call you the ministers of our God; ye shall eat the wealth of the nations, and in their splendour shall ye revel. Who acts: men, ye. 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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 (men, ye), 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:1323 # text = But ye shall be named the priests of the LORD, men shall call you the ministers of our God; ye shall eat the wealth of the nations, and in their splendour shall ye revel. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 xcomp _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 13 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 ministers minister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 xcomp _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 22 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nsubj _ _ 23 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 splendour splendour NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 35 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 nsubj _ _ 37 revel revel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **name** | shall · passive | | ye | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **call** | shall | men | | you | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 3 | **eat** | shall | ye | the wealth of the nations | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wealth=Patient | | 4 | **revel** | shall | ye | | | men's splendour | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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} וְאַתֶּ֗ם כֹּהֲנֵ֤י יְהוָה֙ תִּקָּרֵ֔אוּ מְשָׁרְתֵ֣י אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ יֵאָמֵ֖ר לָכֶ֑ם חֵ֤יל גּוֹיִם֙ תֹּאכֵ֔לוּ וּבִכְבוֹדָ֖ם תִּתְיַמָּֽרוּ׃ [Isaiah 61:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.61.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:1323` 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 61:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1322/) - next →: [Isaiah 61:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1324/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 61:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.61.6/)