--- title: Isaiah 41:2 (JPS 1917) — He giveth nations before him, and maketh him rule over kings; his sw… · tree and pragmatics description: He giveth nations before him, and maketh him rule over kings; his sword maketh them as the dust, his bow as the driven stubble. Who acts: victory, sword. 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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 (victory, sword), 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:875 # text = He giveth nations before him, and maketh him rule over kings; his sword maketh them as the dust, his bow as the driven stubble. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 giveth give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 before before ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 maketh make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 rule rule VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 over over ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 maketh make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 as as ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 24 as as ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 driven drive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 amod _ _ 27 stubble stubble NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 orphan _ _ 28 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present | victory | nations | | | before him *= he* | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nation=Theme | | 2 | **make** | present | victory *not said here* | victory | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **rule** | infinitive | victory *not said here* | | | | | over kings | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **make** | present | victory's sword | nations *= nation* | | | | as the dust | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product | | 5 | **drive** | participle | | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=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} מִ֤י הֵעִיר֙ מִמִּזְרָ֔ח צֶ֖דֶק יִקְרָאֵ֣הוּ לְרַגְל֑וֹ יִתֵּ֨ן לְפָנָ֤יו גּוֹיִם֙ וּמְלָכִ֣ים יַ֔רְדְּ יִתֵּ֤ן כֶּֽעָפָר֙ חַרְבּ֔וֹ כְּקַ֥שׁ נִדָּ֖ף קַשְׁתּֽוֹ׃ [Isaiah 41:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.41.2/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. [Who hath raised up one from the east, at whose steps victory attendeth?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.874/) 2. **He giveth nations before him, and maketh him rule over kings; his sword maketh them as the dust, his bow as the driven stubble.** **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:875` 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 41:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.874/) - next →: [Isaiah 41:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.876/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 41:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.41.2/)