--- title: Isaiah 58:13 (JPS 1917) — If thou turn away thy foot because of the sabbath, from pursuing thy… · tree and pragmatics description: If thou turn away thy foot because of the sabbath, from pursuing thy business on My holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, and the holy of the LORD honourable; and shalt honour it, not doing thy wonted ways, nor pursuing thy business, nor speaking thereof; Who acts: thou. 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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 (thou), 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:1272 # text = If thou turn away thy foot because of the sabbath, from pursuing thy business on My holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, and the holy of the LORD honourable; and shalt honour it, not doing thy wonted ways, nor pursuing thy business, nor speaking thereof; 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 nsubj _ _ 3 turn turn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 10 case _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 7 fixed _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 sabbath sabbath NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 from from SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 13 pursuing pursue VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 14 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 business business NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 18 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 call call VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 sabbath sabbath NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 delight delight NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 xcomp _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 honourable honourable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 orphan _ _ 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 honour honour VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 43 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 45 nmod:poss _ _ 44 wonted wonted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 ways way NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 48 cc _ _ 48 pursuing pursue VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 conj _ _ 49 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 business business NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 53 cc _ _ 53 speaking speak VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 conj _ _ 54 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 55 ; ; PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#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 | **turn away** | present | thou | thy foot | | | because the sabbath | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Theme | | 2 | **pursue** | gerund | thou *not said here* | thy business | | | day | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent business=Theme | | 3 | **call** | present | thou *not said here* | the sabbath | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sabbath=Recipient | | 4 | **honour** | shall | thou *not said here* | sabbath | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **do** | gerund | thou *not said here* | thy wonted ways | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Eventuality | | 6 | **pursue** | gerund | thou *not said here* | thy business | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent business=Theme | | 7 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | thou *not said here* | | | | | thereof *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP 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 {#hebrew} אִם־תָּשִׁ֤יב מִשַּׁבָּת֙ רַגְלֶ֔ךָ עֲשׂ֥וֹת חֲפָצֶ֖יךָ בְּי֣וֹם קָדְשִׁ֑י וְקָרָ֨אתָ לַשַּׁבָּ֜ת עֹ֗נֶג לִקְד֤וֹשׁ יְהוָה֙ מְכֻבָּ֔ד וְכִבַּדְתּוֹ֙ מֵעֲשׂ֣וֹת דְּרָכֶ֔יךָ מִמְּצ֥וֹא חֶפְצְךָ֖ וְדַבֵּ֥ר דָּבָֽר׃ [Isaiah 58:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.58.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:1272` 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 58:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1271/) - next →: [Isaiah 58:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1273/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 58:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.58.13/)