--- title: Isaiah 40:31 (JPS 1917) — But they that wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they sha… · tree and pragmatics description: But they that wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint. Who acts: men. 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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 (men), 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:872 # text = But they that wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 3 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wait wait VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 renew renew VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 mount mount VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ _ 16 up up ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 19 as as ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 eagles eagle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 cop _ _ 29 weary weary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 conj _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 faint faint VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | present | | | | | | for the LORD | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **renew** | shall | men *= man* | men's strength | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent strength=Patient | | 3 | **mount up** | shall | men *= man* | | | | | with wings; as eagles | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with wing=Instrument | | 4 | **run** | shall | men *= man* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **not** **is** | infinitive | men *= man* *not said here* | | | | | weary *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **walk** | shall | men *= man* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **not** **faint** | infinitive | men *= man* *not said here* | | | | | | vn change\_bodily\_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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} וְקוֹיֵ֤ יְהוָה֙ יַחֲלִ֣יפוּ כֹ֔חַ יַעֲל֥וּ אֵ֖בֶר כַּנְּשָׁרִ֑ים יָר֙וּצוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א יִיגָ֔עוּ יֵלְכ֖וּ וְלֹ֥א יִיעָֽפוּ׃פ [Isaiah 40:31: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.40.31/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:872` 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 40:30 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.871/) - next →: [Isaiah 41:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.873/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 40:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.40.31/)