--- title: Isaiah 6:2 (JPS 1917) — Above Him stood the seraphim; each one had six wings: with twain he… · tree and pragmatics description: Above Him stood the seraphim; each one had six wings: with twain he covered his face and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. Who acts: seraphim, one. 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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 (seraphim, one), 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:123 # text = Above Him stood the seraphim; each one had six wings: with twain he covered his face and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. 1 Above above ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 3 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 seraphim seraphim NOUN NN Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 6 ; ; PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 7 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 8 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 10 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 12 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 twain twain NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 covered cover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 twain twain NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 covered cover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 twain twain NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 33 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=narrate | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | the seraphim | | | | | above king | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent above he=Location | | 2 | **have** | past | each one | six wings | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient | | 3 | **cover** | past | seraphim | king's face | | | | with twain | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent face=Destination with twain=Theme | | 4 | **cover** | past | seraphim | king's feet | | | | with twain | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent foot=Destination with twain=Theme | | 5 | **fly** | past · do-support | seraphim | | | | | with twain | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} שְׂרָפִ֨ים עֹמְדִ֤ים ׀ מִמַּ֙עַל֙ ל֔וֹ שֵׁ֧שׁ כְּנָפַ֛יִם שֵׁ֥שׁ כְּנָפַ֖יִם לְאֶחָ֑ד בִּשְׁתַּ֣יִם ׀ יְכַסֶּ֣ה פָנָ֗יו וּבִשְׁתַּ֛יִם יְכַסֶּ֥ה רַגְלָ֖יו וּבִשְׁתַּ֥יִם יְעוֹפֵֽף׃ [Isaiah 6:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.6.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:123` 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 6:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.122/) - next →: [Isaiah 6:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.124/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 6:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.6.2/)