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title: Isaiah 29:23 (JPS 1917) — When he seeth his children, the work of My hands, in the midst of hi… · tree and pragmatics
description: When he seeth his children, the work of My hands, in the midst of him, that they sanctify My name; yea, they shall sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall stand in awe of the God of Israel. Who acts: LORD, children, hands, My. Isaiah 29:23 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of
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# Isaiah 29:23 · JPS 1917

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When he seeth his children, the work of My hands, in the midst of him, that they sanctify My name; yea, they shall sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall stand in awe of the God of Israel.

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**Who acts:** LORD, children, hands, My · **What happens:** see, sanctify, stand, work, name, awe · **To what, where:** children, midst, name, Holy One, awe, God

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This is Isaiah 29:23 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (LORD, children, hands, My), 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:616
# text = When he seeth his children, the work of My hands, in the midst of him, that they sanctify My name; yea, they shall sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall stand in awe of the God of Israel.
1	When	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	3	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	seeth	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	29	advcl	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	midst	midst	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nmod	_	_
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
20	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	sanctify	sanctify	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	acl	_	_
22	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	_
24	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	29	punct	_	_
25	yea	yea	INTJ	UH	_	29	discourse	_	_
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
27	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
28	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	29	aux	_	_
29	sanctify	sanctify	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	Holy	Holy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	flat	_	_
32	One	One	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	obj	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	Jacob	Jacob	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	_
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
37	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	38	aux	_	_
38	stand	stand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	conj	_	_
39	in	in	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	awe	awe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	nmod	_	_
44	of	of	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
45	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	nmod	_	_
46	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	29	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | LORD | LORD's children |  | the midst of Jacob |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus |
| 2 | **sanctify** | present | children *= child* | My name |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **sanctify** | shall | children *= child* | the Holy One of Jacob |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **stand** | shall | children *= child* *not said here* |  |  | awe of the God of Israel |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in awe=Location |
| 5 | **work** |  | My hands |  |  |  |  |  | nom work «act intransitive»: of=agent |
| 6 | **name** |  | My |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 7 | **awe** |  |  | the God of Israel |  |  |  |  | nom awe «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

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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}

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כִּ֣י בִ֠רְאֹתוֹ יְלָדָ֞יו מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יָדַ֛י בְּקִרְבּ֖וֹ יַקְדִּ֣ישֽׁוּ שְׁמִ֑י וְהִקְדִּ֙ישׁוּ֙ אֶת־קְד֣וֹשׁ יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב וְאֶת־אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל יַעֲרִֽיצוּ׃

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:616` of Mova's parse database.

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