--- title: Isaiah 1:11 (JPS 1917) — To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto Me? saith t… · tree and pragmatics description: To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto Me? saith the LORD; I am full of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats. Who acts: LORD, I, your. 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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 (LORD, I, your), 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:11 # text = To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto Me? saith the LORD; I am full of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats. 1 To to ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 3 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 multitude multitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 ccomp _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 sacrifices sacrifice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 10 unto unto ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nmod _ _ 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ 13 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 19 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 parataxis _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 22 burnt burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 amod _ _ 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ _ 24 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 rams ram NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 fat fat NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 fed feed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 amod _ _ 33 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 delight delight VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 bullocks bullock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 or or CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 lambs lamb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 conj _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 49 or or CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 compound _ _ 52 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 51 punct _ _ 53 goats goat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 conj _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: evaluate - voice: character - polarity: none - indirect: yes - teacher: changed form=q, act=evaluate, indirect=1 | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the multitude | | | | to what purpose; of your sacrifices; unto Me | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | I | | | | | of the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts; full *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **burn** | participle | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **feed** | participle | | | | | | | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **delight** | present | I | | | the blood of bullocks or lambs or he goats | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **sacrifice** | | your | | | | | | nom sacrifice «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **offer** | | | rams | | | | | nom offering «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} לָמָּה־לִּ֤י רֹב־זִבְחֵיכֶם֙ יֹאמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה שָׂבַ֛עְתִּי עֹל֥וֹת אֵילִ֖ים וְחֵ֣לֶב מְרִיאִ֑ים וְדַ֨ם פָּרִ֧ים וּכְבָשִׂ֛ים וְעַתּוּדִ֖ים לֹ֥א חָפָֽצְתִּי׃ [Isaiah 1:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.1.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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