--- title: Isaiah 43:10 (JPS 1917) — Ye are My witnesses, saith the LORD, and My servant whom I have chos… · tree and pragmatics description: Ye are My witnesses, saith the LORD, and My servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe Me, and understand that I am He; before Me there was no God formed, neither shall any be after Me. Who acts: Ye, LORD, I, any. 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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 (Ye, LORD, I, any), 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:948 # text = Ye are My witnesses, saith the LORD, and My servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe Me, and understand that I am He; before Me there was no God formed, neither shall any be after Me. 1 Ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 witnesses witness NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 13 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 obj _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 acl:relcl _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 nsubj _ _ 20 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 24 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 ccomp _ _ 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 33 before before ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 35 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 39 expl _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 37 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 38 det _ _ 38 God god NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 formed form VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 41 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 46 cc _ _ 42 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 43 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 46 nsubj _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 cop _ _ 45 after after ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 conj _ _ 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Ye | My witnesses and My servant | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **choose** | present · perfect | I | My servant | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Theme | | 4 | **know** | may | ye | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **believe** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | Me | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 6 | **understand** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is a** | present | I | LORD | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **form** | past · passive | | no God | | there | before Me | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 9 | **is** | shall | any | | | | after Me | | 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} אַתֶּ֤ם עֵדַי֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה וְעַבְדִּ֖י אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּחָ֑רְתִּי לְמַ֣עַן תֵּ֠דְעוּ וְתַאֲמִ֨ינוּ לִ֤י וְתָבִ֙ינוּ֙ כִּֽי־אֲנִ֣י ה֔וּא לְפָנַי֙ לֹא־נ֣וֹצַר אֵ֔ל וְאַחֲרַ֖י לֹ֥א יִהְיֶֽה׃ס [Isaiah 43:10: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.43.10/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:948` 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 43:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.947/) - next →: [Isaiah 43:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.949/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 43:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.43.10/)