--- title: Isaiah 64:3 (JPS 1917) — And whereof from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear… · tree and pragmatics description: And whereof from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen a God beside Thee, who worketh for him that waiteth for Him. Who acts: men, eye, God. 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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, eye, God), 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:1367 # text = And whereof from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen a God beside Thee, who worketh for him that waiteth for Him. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 whereof whereof ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 obl _ _ 6 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 7 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 12 cc _ _ 12 perceived perceive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 conj _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 21 cc _ _ 18 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 conj _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 beside beside ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nmod _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 worketh work VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 31 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 waiteth wait VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **hear** | present · perfect | men | | | old | | whereof *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from old=Source | | 2 | **perceive** | participle | men *not said here* | | | | | by the ear | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **see** | present · perfect | the eye | a God | | Thee | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer god=Stimulus | | 4 | **work** | present | a God | | | | | for eye | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for he=Beneficiary | | 5 | **wait** | present | | | | | | for eye | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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} וּמֵעוֹלָ֥ם לֹא־שָׁמְע֖וּ לֹ֣א הֶאֱזִ֑ינוּ עַ֣יִן לֹֽא־רָאָ֗תָה אֱלֹהִים֙ זוּלָ֣תְךָ֔ יַעֲשֶׂ֖ה לִמְחַכֵּה־לֽוֹ׃ [Isaiah 64:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.64.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:1367` 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 64:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1366/) - next →: [Isaiah 64:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1368/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 64:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.64.3/)