--- title: Isaiah 1:15 (JPS 1917) — And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide Mine eyes from you;… · tree and pragmatics description: And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide Mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear; your hands are full of blood. Who acts: ye, I, hands. 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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 (ye, I, hands), 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:15 # text = And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide Mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear; your hands are full of blood. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 3 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 4 spread spread VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 5 forth forth ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 12 Mine my PRON PRP$ Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 17 yea yea INTJ UH _ 28 discourse _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 when when SCONJ WRB _ 21 mark _ _ 20 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 nsubj _ _ 21 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 22 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 prayers prayer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 30 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ _ 32 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 33 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 parataxis _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: warn - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character, act=warn | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread** | present | ye | your hands | | | | forth *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hand=Theme | | 2 | **hide** | future | I | Mine eyes | | | | from you | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent eye=Patient from you=Beneficiary | | 3 | **make** | present | ye | many prayers | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset prayer=Product | | 4 | **not** **hear** | future | I | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is** | present | your hands | | | | | of blood; full *property* | tree rules | 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} וּבְפָרִשְׂכֶ֣ם כַּפֵּיכֶ֗ם אַעְלִ֤ים עֵינַי֙ מִכֶּ֔ם גַּ֛ם כִּֽי־תַרְבּ֥וּ תְפִלָּ֖ה אֵינֶ֣נִּי שֹׁמֵ֑עַ יְדֵיכֶ֖ם דָּמִ֥ים מָלֵֽאוּ׃ [Isaiah 1:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.1.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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