--- title: Isaiah 66:3 (JPS 1917) — He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a… · tree and pragmatics description: He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he broke a dog's neck; he that offereth a meal-offering, as if he offered swine's blood; he that maketh a memorial-offering of frankincense, as if he blessed an idol; according as they have chosen their own ways, and the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1406/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Isaiah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA/) / [chapter 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA/66/) / [66:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.66.3/) / JPS 1 # Isaiah 66:3 · JPS 1917 He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he broke a dog's neck; he that offereth a meal-offering, as if he offered swine's blood; he that maketh a memorial-offering of frankincense, as if he blessed an idol; according as they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations; **Who acts:** hand, things, soul · **What happens:** be, kill, slay, sacrifice, break, offer · **To what, where:** hand, ox, man, lamb, neck, meal offering This is Isaiah 66:3 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (hand, things, soul), 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:1406 # text = He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he broke a dog's neck; he that offereth a meal-offering, as if he offered swine's blood; he that maketh a memorial-offering of frankincense, as if he blessed an idol; according as they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations; 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 2 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 3 killeth kill VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 4 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 ox ox NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 slew slay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 parataxis _ _ 15 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 sacrificeth sacrifice VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 lamb lamb NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 if if SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod:poss _ _ 26 's 's PART POS _ 25 case _ _ 27 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 30 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 31 offereth offer VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 33 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ _ 35 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 if if SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 offered offer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 41 swine swine NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 's 's PART POS _ 41 case _ _ 43 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 parataxis _ _ 46 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 47 maketh make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 49 memorial memorial NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 compound _ _ 50 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 49 punct _ _ 51 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 frankincense frankincense NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ _ 54 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 55 as as SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 56 if if SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 57 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 blessed bless VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 advcl _ _ 59 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 idol idol NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obj _ _ 61 ; ; PUNCT : _ 66 punct _ _ 62 according accord VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 66 mark _ _ 63 as as SCONJ IN _ 62 fixed _ _ 64 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 65 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 66 aux _ _ 66 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 67 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 69 nmod:poss _ _ 68 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 ways way NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 obj _ _ 70 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 71 and and CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 72 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 73 nmod:poss _ _ 73 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 nsubj _ _ 74 delighteth delight VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 66 conj _ _ 75 in in ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 76 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 77 nmod:poss _ _ 77 abominations abomination NOUN NNS Number=Plur 74 obl _ _ 78 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | hand | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **kill** | present | | a ox | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ox=Theme | | 3 | **slay** | past | hand | a man | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient | | 4 | **sacrifice** | present | | a lamb | | | | | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent lamb=Theme | | 5 | **break** | past | hand | a dog's neck | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer neck=Patient | | 6 | **offer** | present | | a meal offering | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent offering=Theme | | 7 | **offer** | past | hand | swine's blood | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent blood=Theme | | 8 | **make** | present | | a memorial offering of frankincense | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset offering=Product | | 9 | **bless** | past | hand | a idol | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idol=Theme | | 10 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **choose** | present · perfect | things *= thing* | things's own ways | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | | 12 | **delight** | present | things's soul | | | things's abominations | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 13 | **offer** | | | frankincense | | | | | nom offering «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} שׁוֹחֵ֨ט הַשּׁ֜וֹר מַכֵּה־אִ֗ישׁ זוֹבֵ֤חַ הַשֶּׂה֙ עֹ֣רֵֽף כֶּ֔לֶב מַעֲלֵ֤ה מִנְחָה֙ דַּם־חֲזִ֔יר מַזְכִּ֥יר לְבֹנָ֖ה מְבָ֣רֵֽךְ אָ֑וֶן גַּם־הֵ֗מָּה בָּֽחֲרוּ֙ בְּדַרְכֵיהֶ֔ם וּבְשִׁקּוּצֵיהֶ֖ם נַפְשָׁ֥ם חָפֵֽצָה׃ [Isaiah 66:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.66.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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