--- title: Isaiah 12:4 (JPS 1917) — And in that day shall ye say: 'Give thanks unto the LORD, proclaim H… · tree and pragmatics description: And in that day shall ye say: 'Give thanks unto the LORD, proclaim His name, declare His doings among the peoples, make mention that His name is exalted. Who acts: ye, 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 (ye, 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:272 # text = And in that day shall ye say: 'Give thanks unto the LORD, proclaim His name, declare His doings among the peoples, make mention that His name is exalted. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 5 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 nsubj _ _ 7 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 9 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ _ 10 Give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 11 thanks thanks NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 unto unto ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 proclaim proclaim VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 17 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 declare declare VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 21 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 doings doing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 23 among among ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 peoples people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 28 mention mention NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 exalted exalt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 ccomp _ _ 34 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=request | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | shall | ye | | | | day | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **give** | infinitive | | thanks | | | | unto the LORD | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thanks=Theme | | 3 | **proclaim** | infinitive | | LORD's name | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme | | 4 | **declare** *speech: other* | infinitive | | LORD's doings | | | | among the peoples | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent doing=Attribute | | 5 | **make** | infinitive | | mention | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mention=Product | | 6 | **exalt** | present · passive | | LORD's name | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 7 | **name** | | LORD | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **name** | | LORD | | | | | | nom name «communication 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} וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֞ם בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא הוֹד֤וּ לַֽיהוָה֙ קִרְא֣וּ בִשְׁמ֔וֹ הוֹדִ֥יעוּ בָֽעַמִּ֖ים עֲלִֽילֹתָ֑יו הַזְכִּ֕ירוּ כִּ֥י נִשְׂגָּ֖ב שְׁמֽוֹ׃ [Isaiah 12:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.12.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:272` 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 12:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.271/) - next →: [Isaiah 12:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.273/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 12:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.12.4/)