--- title: Isaiah 61:9 (JPS 1917) — And their seed shall be known among the nations, and their offspring… · tree and pragmatics description: And their seed shall be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples; all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed. Who acts: all, men, LORD. 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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 (all, men, LORD), 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:1326 # text = And their seed shall be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples; all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 seed seed NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 among among ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 offspring offspring NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 14 among among ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 peoples people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 18 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 23 nsubj _ _ 19 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 20 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 acknowledge acknowledge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 seed seed NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 ccomp _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 obj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 34 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 blessed bless VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl:relcl _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: changed polarity=pos | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | shall · passive | | men's seed and men's offspring among the peoples | | | | among the nations | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 2 | **see** | present | | men *= man* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 3 | **acknowledge** | shall | all | men *= man* | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic | | 4 | **is a** | present | men *= man* | the seed | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **bless** | present · perfect | the LORD | the seed | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | 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} וְנוֹדַ֤ע בַּגּוֹיִם֙ זַרְעָ֔ם וְצֶאֱצָאֵיהֶ֖ם בְּת֣וֹךְ הָעַמִּ֑ים כָּל־רֹֽאֵיהֶם֙ יַכִּיר֔וּם כִּ֛י הֵ֥ם זֶ֖רַע בֵּרַ֥ךְ יְהוָֽה׃ס [Isaiah 61:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.61.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:1326` 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 61:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1325/) - next →: [Isaiah 61:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1327/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 61:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.61.9/)