--- title: Isaiah 59:6 (JPS 1917) — Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall men cover themse… · tree and pragmatics description: Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall men cover themselves with their works; their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands. Who acts: webs, men, works, act. 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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 (webs, men, works, act), 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:1279 # text = Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall men cover themselves with their works; their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands. 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 webs web NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 garments garment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 xcomp _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 11 cc _ _ 9 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 cover cover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 12 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 11 obj _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 works work NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 17 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 works work NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 19 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 works work NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 parataxis _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 iniquity iniquity NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 act act NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 violence violence NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 conj _ _ 33 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=assert, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **become** | shall | lips's webs | garments | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **cover** | shall | men | lips *= lip* | | | | with lips's works | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent themselves=Destination with work=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | present | lips's works | works and lips's hands | | | | of iniquity | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | present | the act of violence | | | lips's hands | | | tree rules | | 5 | **work** | | lips *= lip* | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent | | 6 | **work** | | lips *= lip* | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **act** | | violence | | | | | | nom act «communication intransitive»: of=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} קֽוּרֵיהֶם֙ לֹא־יִהְי֣וּ לְבֶ֔גֶד וְלֹ֥א יִתְכַּסּ֖וּ בְּמַֽעֲשֵׂיהֶ֑ם מַֽעֲשֵׂיהֶם֙ מַֽעֲשֵׂי־אָ֔וֶן וּפֹ֥עַל חָמָ֖ס בְּכַפֵּיהֶֽם׃ [Isaiah 59:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.59.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:1279` 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 59:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1278/) - next →: [Isaiah 59:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1280/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 59:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.59.6/)