--- title: Isaiah 30:18 (JPS 1917) — And therefore will the LORD wait, that He may be gracious unto you,… · tree and pragmatics description: And therefore will the LORD wait, that He may be gracious unto you, and therefore will He be exalted, that He may have compassion upon you; for the LORD is a God of justice, happy are all they that wait for Him. Who acts: LORD, beacon. 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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 (LORD, beacon), 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:636 # text = And therefore will the LORD wait, that He may be gracious unto you, and therefore will He be exalted, that He may have compassion upon you; for the LORD is a God of justice, happy are all they that wait for Him. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 cop _ _ 12 gracious gracious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 advcl _ _ 13 unto unto ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 17 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 18 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 19 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 exalted exalt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 27 compassion compassion NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 28 upon upon ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 31 for for SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 34 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 justice justice NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 parataxis _ _ 41 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 42 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 43 det:predet _ _ 43 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 44 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 45 wait wait VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ _ 46 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ _ 48 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: suggest - voice: character - polarity: none - hedged: yes - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | future | the LORD | | | | | therefore *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | may | LORD | | | | | unto you; gracious *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **exalt** | future · passive | | LORD | | | | therefore *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | may | LORD | compassion | | | | upon you | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent compassion=Patient | | 5 | **is a** | present | the LORD | a God | | | | of justice | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | present | beacon | | | | | happy *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **wait** | present | | | | | | for LORD | 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} וְלָכֵ֞ן יְחַכֶּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ לַֽחֲנַנְכֶ֔ם וְלָכֵ֥ן יָר֖וּם לְרַֽחֶמְכֶ֑ם כִּֽי־אֱלֹהֵ֤י מִשְׁפָּט֙ יְהוָ֔ה אַשְׁרֵ֖י כָּל־ח֥וֹכֵי לֽוֹ׃ס [Isaiah 30:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.30.18/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:636` 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 30:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.635/) - next →: [Isaiah 30:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.637/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 30:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.30.18/)