Isaiah 41:2 · JPS 1917, sentence 2 of 2
He giveth nations before him, and maketh him rule over kings; his sword maketh them as the dust, his bow as the driven stubble.
Who acts: victory, sword · What happens: give, make, rule, drive · To what, where: nations, victory
This is Isaiah 41:2 · JPS 1917, sentence 2 of 2 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (victory, sword), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 giveth | nsubj |
| 2 | giveth | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | nations | nation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 giveth | obj |
| 4 | before | before | ADP | _ | 5 him | case |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 giveth | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 maketh | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 maketh | cc |
| 8 | maketh | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 giveth | conj |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 maketh | obj |
| 10 | rule | rule | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 maketh | xcomp |
| 11 | over | over | ADP | _ | 12 kings | case |
| 12 | kings | king | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 rule | obl |
| 13 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 16 maketh | punct |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 sword | nmod:poss |
| 15 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 maketh | nsubj |
| 16 | maketh | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 giveth | parataxis |
| 17 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 maketh | obj |
| 18 | as | as | ADP | _ | 20 dust | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 dust | det |
| 20 | dust | dust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 maketh | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 bow | punct |
| 22 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 bow | nmod:poss |
| 23 | bow | bow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 maketh | conj |
| 24 | as | as | ADP | _ | 27 stubble | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 stubble | det |
| 26 | driven | drive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 27 stubble | amod |
| 27 | stubble | stubble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 bow | orphan |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 giveth | punct |
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 | give | present | victory | nations | before him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nation=Theme | |||
| 2 | make | present | victory not said here | victory | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | rule | infinitive | victory not said here | over kings | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | make | present | victory's sword | nations = nation | as the dust | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product | |||
| 5 | drive | participle | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
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
מִ֤י הֵעִיר֙ מִמִּזְרָ֔ח צֶ֖דֶק יִקְרָאֵ֣הוּ לְרַגְל֑וֹ יִתֵּ֨ן לְפָנָ֤יו גּוֹיִם֙ וּמְלָכִ֣ים יַ֔רְדְּ יִתֵּ֤ן כֶּֽעָפָר֙ חַרְבּ֔וֹ כְּקַ֥שׁ נִדָּ֖ף קַשְׁתּֽוֹ׃
Isaiah 41:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →
This verse in JPS 1917:
- Who hath raised up one from the east, at whose steps victory attendeth?
- He giveth nations before him, and maketh him rule over kings; his sword maketh them as the dust, his bow as the driven stubble.
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:ISA:875 of Mova's parse database.
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