--- title: Isaiah 40:9 (JPS 1917) — O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up into the high… · tree and pragmatics description: O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up into the high mountain; O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah: 'Behold your God!' Who acts: you. 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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 (you), 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:844 # text = O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up into the high mountain; O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah: 'Behold your God!' 1 O o INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ _ 2 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 vocative _ _ 3 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 tellest tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 tidings tiding NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Zion Zion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 obj _ _ 12 up up ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 13 into into ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 18 O o INTJ UH _ 19 discourse _ _ 19 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 vocative _ _ 20 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 tellest tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 22 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 tidings tiding NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 lift lift VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 28 up up ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 34 lift lift VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 up up ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 be be AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 conj _ _ 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 42 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 43 unto unto ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 cities city NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 48 : : PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 49 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 50 punct _ _ 50 Behold behold VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 42 ccomp _ _ 51 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 53 ! ! PUNCT . _ 50 punct _ _ 54 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 50 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | | good tidings | Zion | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent tiding=Topic to zion=Recipient | | 2 | **get up** | imperative | you *not said here* | thee | | the high mountain | | thou *vocative* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thou=Stimulus | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | | good tidings | Jerusalem | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent tiding=Topic to jerusalem=Recipient | | 4 | **lift up** | infinitive | | thy voice | | | | with strength; thou *vocative* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Theme | | 5 | **lift up** | infinitive | | voice | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 6 | **not** **is** | infinitive | | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | | | | | | unto the cities of Judah | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **behold** | infinitive | | your God | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer god=Stimulus | 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} עַ֣ל הַר־גָּבֹ֤הַ עֲלִי־לָךְ֙ מְבַשֶּׂ֣רֶת צִיּ֔וֹן הָרִ֤ימִי בַכֹּ֙חַ֙ קוֹלֵ֔ךְ מְבַשֶּׂ֖רֶת יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם הָרִ֙ימִי֙ אַל־תִּירָ֔אִי אִמְרִי֙ לְעָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה הִנֵּ֖ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ [Isaiah 40:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.40.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:844` 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 40:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.843/) - next →: [Isaiah 40:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.845/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 40:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.40.9/)