--- title: Isaiah 35:8 (JPS 1917) — And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The… · tree and pragmatics description: And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those; the wayfaring men, yea fools, shall not err therein. Who acts: highway, unclean, way, wayfaring men. 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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 (highway, unclean, way, wayfaring men), 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:732 # text = And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those; the wayfaring men, yea fools, shall not err therein. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 highway highway NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 6 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 0 root _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 17 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 xcomp _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 holiness holiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 unclean unclean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 nsubj _ _ 24 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 27 over over ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 cop _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 6 conj _ _ 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 wayfaring wayfaring ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nsubj _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 yea yea INTJ UH _ 42 discourse _ _ 42 fools fool NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 appos _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 44 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 err err VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 47 therein therein ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 48 . . 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 | **is** | shall | a highway and a way | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **call** | shall · passive | | way | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 3 | **not** **pass** | shall | the unclean | | | way | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme over it=Location | | 4 | **is** | shall | way | | | | | for those | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **err** | shall | the wayfaring men | | | | | therein *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} וְהָיָה־שָׁ֞ם מַסְל֣וּל וָדֶ֗רֶךְ וְדֶ֤רֶךְ הַקֹּ֙דֶשׁ֙ יִקָּ֣רֵא לָ֔הּ לֹֽא־יַעַבְרֶ֥נּוּ טָמֵ֖א וְהוּא־לָ֑מוֹ הֹלֵ֥ךְ דֶּ֛רֶךְ וֶאֱוִילִ֖ים לֹ֥א יִתְעֽוּ׃ [Isaiah 35:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.35.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:732` 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 35:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.731/) - next →: [Isaiah 35:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.733/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 35:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.35.8/)