--- title: Isaiah 42:1 (JPS 1917) — Behold My servant, whom I uphold; Mine elect, in whom My soul deligh… · tree and pragmatics description: Behold My servant, whom I uphold; Mine elect, in whom My soul delighteth; I have put My spirit upon him, he shall make the right to go forth to the nations. Who acts: you, I, soul. 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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 (you, I, soul), 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:907 # text = Behold My servant, whom I uphold; Mine elect, in whom My soul delighteth; I have put My spirit upon him, he shall make the right to go forth to the nations. 1 Behold behold VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 obj _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 uphold uphold VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 9 Mine my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 elect elect NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 obl _ _ 14 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 delighteth delight VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 1 parataxis _ _ 21 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 upon upon ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 right right NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 acl _ _ 33 forth forth ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **behold** | imperative | you *not said here* | My servant | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer servant=Stimulus | | 2 | **uphold** | present | I | My servant | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **delight** | present | My soul | | | Mine elect | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **put** | present · perfect | I | My spirit | | | | upon soul | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent spirit=Theme upon he=Destination | | 5 | **make** | shall | soul | the right | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=Product | | 6 | **go** | to-infinitive | soul *not said here* | the right *not said here* | | the nations | | forth *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to nation=Initial\_Location | 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} הֵ֤ן עַבְדִּי֙ אֶתְמָךְ־בּ֔וֹ בְּחִירִ֖י רָצְתָ֣ה נַפְשִׁ֑י נָתַ֤תִּי רוּחִי֙ עָלָ֔יו מִשְׁפָּ֖ט לַגּוֹיִ֥ם יוֹצִֽיא׃ [Isaiah 42:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.42.1/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:907` 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 41:29 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.906/) - next →: [Isaiah 42:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.908/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 42:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.42.1/)