--- title: Isaiah 41:17 (JPS 1917) — The poor and needy seek water and there is none, and their tongue fa… · tree and pragmatics description: The poor and needy seek water and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst; I the LORD will answer them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. Who acts: poor, none, tongue, 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 (poor, none, tongue, 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:892 # text = The poor and needy seek water and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst; I the LORD will answer them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 poor poor NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 needy needy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 5 seek seek VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 9 expl _ _ 9 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 9 nsubj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 faileth fail VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 thirst thirst NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 appos _ _ 22 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 appos _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 31 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 forsake forsake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 parataxis _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seek** | present | the poor | water | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme | | 2 | **be** | present | none | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **fail** | present | hills's tongue | | | | | for thirst | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **answer** *speech: assert* | future | I | | hills *= hill* | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality | | 5 | **not** **forsake** | future | I | hills *= hill* | | | | | tree rules | 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} הָעֲנִיִּ֨ים וְהָאֶבְיוֹנִ֜ים מְבַקְשִׁ֥ים מַ֙יִם֙ וָאַ֔יִן לְשׁוֹנָ֖ם בַּצָּמָ֣א נָשָׁ֑תָּה אֲנִ֤י יְהוָה֙ אֶעֱנֵ֔ם אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֹ֥א אֶעֶזְבֵֽם׃ [Isaiah 41:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.41.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:892` 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 41:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.891/) - next →: [Isaiah 41:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.893/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 41:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.41.17/)