--- title: Isaiah 5:24 (JPS 1917) — Therefore as the tongue of fire devoureth the stubble, and as the ch… · tree and pragmatics description: Therefore as the tongue of fire devoureth the stubble, and as the chaff is consumed in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust; because they have rejected the law of the LORD of hosts, and contemned the word of the Holy One of Israel. 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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 (tongue, root, blossom, lambs), 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:114 # text = Therefore as the tongue of fire devoureth the stubble, and as the chaff is consumed in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust; because they have rejected the law of the LORD of hosts, and contemned the word of the Holy One of Israel. 1 Therefore therefore ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 devoureth devour VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 stubble stubble NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 chaff chaff NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 consumed consume VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 advcl _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 flame flame NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 21 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 22 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 root root NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 24 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 cop _ _ 26 as as ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 rottenness rottenness NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 blossom blossom NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 34 up up ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 as as ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 38 because because SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 rejected reject VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 hosts host NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nmod _ _ 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 contemned contemn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 56 Holy Holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 One One PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 nmod _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 nmod _ _ 60 . . PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **devour** | present | the tongue of fire | the stubble | | | | | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stubble=Patient | | 2 | **consume** | present · passive | | the chaff | | the flame | | | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset | | 3 | **is** | shall | lambs's root | | | | | as rottenness; therefore *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **go up** | shall | lambs's blossom | | | | | as dust | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **reject** | present · perfect | lambs *= lamb* | the law of the LORD of hosts | | | | | vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Theme | | 6 | **contemn** | past | lambs *= lamb* *not said here* | the word of the Holy One of Israel | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **word** | | | the Holy One of Israel | | | | | nom word «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} לָכֵן֩ כֶּאֱכֹ֨ל קַ֜שׁ לְשׁ֣וֹן אֵ֗שׁ וַחֲשַׁ֤שׁ לֶֽהָבָה֙ יִרְפֶּ֔ה שָׁרְשָׁם֙ כַּמָּ֣ק יִֽהְיֶ֔ה וּפִרְחָ֖ם כָּאָבָ֣ק יַעֲלֶ֑ה כִּ֣י מָאֲס֗וּ אֵ֚ת תּוֹרַת֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת וְאֵ֛ת אִמְרַ֥ת קְדֽוֹשׁ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל נִאֵֽצוּ׃ [Isaiah 5:24: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.5.24/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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