--- title: Isaiah 41:20 (JPS 1917) — That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together,… · tree and pragmatics description: That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it. Who acts: cypress, hand, Holy One. 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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 (cypress, hand, Holy One), 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:895 # text = That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it. 1 That that SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 consider consider VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 14 together together ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 ccomp _ _ 24 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 obj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 Holy Holy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 flat _ _ 29 One One PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 32 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 created create VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 conj _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 4 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 | **see** | may | cypress | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **know** | infinitive | cypress *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **consider** | infinitive | cypress *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **understand** | infinitive | cypress *not said here* | | | | | together *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **do** | present · perfect | the hand of the LORD | this | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality | | 6 | **create** | present · perfect | the Holy One of Israel | hand | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Result | 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} לְמַ֧עַן יִרְא֣וּ וְיֵדְע֗וּ וְיָשִׂ֤ימוּ וְיַשְׂכִּ֙ילוּ֙ יַחְדָּ֔ו כִּ֥י יַד־יְהוָ֖ה עָ֣שְׂתָה זֹּ֑את וּקְד֥וֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּרָאָֽהּ׃פ [Isaiah 41:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.41.20/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:895` 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 41:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.894/) - next →: [Isaiah 41:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.896/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 41:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.41.20/)