--- title: Isaiah 40:11 (JPS 1917) — Even as a shepherd that feedeth his flock, that gathereth the lambs… · tree and pragmatics description: Even as a shepherd that feedeth his flock, that gathereth the lambs in his arm, and carrieth them in his bosom, and gently leadeth those that give suck. Who acts: shepherd, that, God. 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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 (shepherd, that, God), 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:846 # text = Even as a shepherd that feedeth his flock, that gathereth the lambs in his arm, and carrieth them in his bosom, and gently leadeth those that give suck. 1 Even even ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 as as ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 advcl _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 feedeth feed VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 flock flock NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 gathereth gather VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 lambs lamb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 carrieth carry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 20 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 bosom bosom NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 gently gently ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 leadeth lead VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 28 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 27 obj _ _ 29 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 30 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 31 suck suck NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feed** | present | a shepherd | God's flock | | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flock=Recipient | | 2 | **gather** | present | that | the lambs | | God's arm | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamb=Theme | | 3 | **carry** | present | that *not said here* | lambs *= lamb* | | God's bosom | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Value in bosom=Location | | 4 | **lead** | present | that *not said here* | those | | | | gently *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | | 5 | **give** | present | | suck | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent suck=Theme | | 6 | **bosom** | | God | | | | | | nom bosom «state 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} כְּרֹעֶה֙ עֶדְר֣וֹ יִרְעֶ֔ה בִּזְרֹעוֹ֙ יְקַבֵּ֣ץ טְלָאִ֔ים וּבְחֵיק֖וֹ יִשָּׂ֑א עָל֖וֹת יְנַהֵֽל׃ס [Isaiah 40:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.40.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:846` 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 40:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.845/) - next →: [Isaiah 40:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.847/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 40:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.40.11/)