--- title: Isaiah 65:5 (JPS 1917) — That say: 'Stand by thyself, come not near to me, for I am holier th… · tree and pragmatics description: That say: 'Stand by thyself, come not near to me, for I am holier than thou'; these are a smoke in My nose, a fire that burneth all the day. Who acts: That, I, these, fire. 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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 (That, I, these, fire), 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:1381 # text = That say: 'Stand by thyself, come not near to me, for I am holier than thou'; these are a smoke in My nose, a fire that burneth all the day. 1 That that PRON DT PronType=Dem 2 nsubj _ _ 2 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 4 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ _ 5 Stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 thyself thyself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes|Style=Arch 5 obl _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 11 near near ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 for for SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 holier holy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 advcl _ _ 19 than than ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 obl _ _ 21 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 23 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 26 nsubj _ _ 24 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 smoke smoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 appos _ _ 33 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 burneth burn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 35 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 37 det:predet _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl:unmarked _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | That | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **stand** | infinitive | | | | | | by thyself | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by thyself=Location | | 3 | **not** **come** | infinitive | | | me | | | near *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to i=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **is** | present | I | | | | | than thou; holy *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** | present | these | a smoke | | My nose | | | tree rules | | 6 | **burn** | present | a fire | | | | day | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «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} הָאֹֽמְרִים֙ קְרַ֣ב אֵלֶ֔יךָ אַל־תִּגַּשׁ־בִּ֖י כִּ֣י קְדַשְׁתִּ֑יךָ אֵ֚לֶּה עָשָׁ֣ן בְּאַפִּ֔י אֵ֥שׁ יֹקֶ֖דֶת כָּל־הַיּֽוֹם׃ [Isaiah 65:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.65.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:1381` 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 65:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1380/) - next →: [Isaiah 65:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1382/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 65:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.65.5/)