--- title: Isaiah 66:1 (JPS 1917) — Thus saith the LORD: The heaven is My throne, and the earth is My fo… · tree and pragmatics description: Thus saith the LORD: The heaven is My throne, and the earth is My footstool; where is the house that ye may build unto Me? Who acts: LORD, heaven, earth, ye. 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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 (LORD, heaven, earth, ye), 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:1403 # text = Thus saith the LORD: The heaven is My throne, and the earth is My footstool; where is the house that ye may build unto Me? 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 6 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 footstool footstool NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 19 where where ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 parataxis _ _ 23 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 obj _ _ 24 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 26 nsubj _ _ 25 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 build build VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 acl:relcl _ _ 27 unto unto ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 29 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | the heaven | My throne and My footstool | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | present | the earth | My footstool | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** | present | | the house | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **build** | may | ye | the house | | | | unto Me | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset that=Product | 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} כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם כִּסְאִ֔י וְהָאָ֖רֶץ הֲדֹ֣ם רַגְלָ֑י אֵי־זֶ֥ה בַ֙יִת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּבְנוּ־לִ֔י וְאֵי־זֶ֥ה מָק֖וֹם מְנוּחָתִֽי׃ [Isaiah 66:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.66.1/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. **Thus saith the LORD: The heaven is My throne, and the earth is My footstool; where is the house that ye may build unto Me?** 2. [And where is the place that may be My resting-place?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1404/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:1403` 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 65:25 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1402/) - next →: [Isaiah 66:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1404/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 66:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.66.1/)