--- title: Isaiah 41:9 (JPS 1917) — Thou whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and calle… · tree and pragmatics description: Thou whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the uttermost parts thereof, and said unto thee: 'Thou art My servant, I have chosen thee and not cast thee away'; Who acts: I. 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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 (I), 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:884 # text = Thou whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the uttermost parts thereof, and said unto thee: 'Thou art My servant, I have chosen thee and not cast thee away'; 1 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 0 root _ _ 2 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 obj _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 1 acl:relcl _ _ 6 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 ends end NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 17 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 obj _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 uttermost uttermost ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 parts part NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 22 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 26 unto unto ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 obl _ _ 28 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 29 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ _ 30 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 nsubj _ _ 31 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 32 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 ccomp _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 parataxis _ _ 38 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 obj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 cast cast VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 conj _ _ 42 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 41 obj _ _ 43 away away ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 44 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed polarity=pos | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | present · perfect | I | hold | | | of the ends of the earth | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument whom=Theme hold=Destination | | 2 | **call** | past | | thee | | the uttermost parts | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent thou=Theme from part=Source | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | unto thee | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | present | | My servant | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **choose** | present · perfect | I | thee | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 6 | **not** **cast away** | participle | I *not said here* | thee | | | | away *property* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Product | 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} אֲשֶׁ֤ר הֶחֱזַקְתִּ֙יךָ֙ מִקְצ֣וֹת הָאָ֔רֶץ וּמֵאֲצִילֶ֖יהָ קְרָאתִ֑יךָ וָאֹ֤מַר לְךָ֙ עַבְדִּי־אַ֔תָּה בְּחַרְתִּ֖יךָ וְלֹ֥א מְאַסְתִּֽיךָ׃ [Isaiah 41:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.41.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:884` 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 41:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.883/) - next →: [Isaiah 41:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.885/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 41:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.41.9/)