--- title: Isaiah 59:8 (JPS 1917) — The way of peace they know not, and there is no right in their going… · tree and pragmatics description: The way of peace they know not, and there is no right in their goings; they have made them crooked paths, whosoever goeth therein doth not know peace. Who acts: lips, whosoever. 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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 (lips, whosoever), 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:1281 # text = The way of peace they know not, and there is no right in their goings; they have made them crooked paths, whosoever goeth therein doth not know peace. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 11 expl _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 12 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 13 det _ _ 13 right right NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 goings going NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 parataxis _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 crooked crooked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 paths path NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 xcomp _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 whosoever whosoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 goeth go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 27 therein therein ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 doth do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 parataxis _ _ 31 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 6 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 | **not** **know** | present | lips *= lip* | the way of peace | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus | | 2 | **make** | present · perfect | lips *= lip* | goings *= going* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product | | 3 | **go** | present | whosoever | | | | | therein *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **not** **know** | present · do-support | | peace | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer peace=Stimulus | | 5 | **go** | | lips *= lip* | | | | | | nom going «act intransitive»: poss=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} דֶּ֤רֶךְ שָׁלוֹם֙ לֹ֣א יָדָ֔עוּ וְאֵ֥ין מִשְׁפָּ֖ט בְּמַעְגְּלוֹתָ֑ם נְתִיבֽוֹתֵיהֶם֙ עִקְּשׁ֣וּ לָהֶ֔ם כֹּ֚ל דֹּרֵ֣ךְ בָּ֔הּ לֹ֥א יָדַ֖ע שָׁלֽוֹם׃ [Isaiah 59:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.59.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:1281` 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 59:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1280/) - next →: [Isaiah 59:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1282/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 59:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.59.8/)