--- title: Isaiah 66:4 (JPS 1917) — Even so I will choose their mockings, and will bring their fears upo… · tree and pragmatics description: Even so I will choose their mockings, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spoke, they did not hear, but they did that which was evil in Mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not. Who acts: I, none, things. 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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 (I, none, things), 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:1407 # text = Even so I will choose their mockings, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spoke, they did not hear, but they did that which was evil in Mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not. 1 Even even ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 mockings mocking NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 12 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 fears fear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 14 upon upon ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 17 because because SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 18 when when SCONJ WRB _ 20 mark _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 22 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 24 nsubj _ _ 23 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 26 when when SCONJ WRB _ 28 mark _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 38 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 obj _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 41 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 acl:relcl _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 Mine mine PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 chose choose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 48 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 47 obj _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 52 obl _ _ 51 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 delighted delight VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 acl:relcl _ _ 53 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 52 advmod _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: warn - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=warn, form=decl, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | future | I | things's mockings | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mocking=Theme | | 2 | **bring** | future | I *not said here* | things's fears | | | | upon things *= thing* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent fear=Theme | | 3 | **call** | past | I | | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | none | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | I | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **hear** | past · do-support | things *= thing* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is** | past | | | | Mine eyes | | evil *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **choose** | past | things *= thing* *not said here* | that | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | | 9 | **not** **delight** | past | I | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **fear** | | things *= thing* | | | | | | nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | 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} גַּם־אֲנִ֞י אֶבְחַ֣ר בְּתַעֲלֻלֵיהֶ֗ם וּמְגֽוּרֹתָם֙ אָבִ֣יא לָהֶ֔ם יַ֤עַן קָרָ֙אתִי֙ וְאֵ֣ין עוֹנֶ֔ה דִּבַּ֖רְתִּי וְלֹ֣א שָׁמֵ֑עוּ וַיַּעֲשׂ֤וּ הָרַע֙ בְּעֵינַ֔י וּבַאֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־חָפַ֖צְתִּי בָּחָֽרוּ׃ס [Isaiah 66:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.66.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:1407` 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 66:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1406/) - next →: [Isaiah 66:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1408/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 66:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.66.4/)