Joshua 6:26 · JPS 1917
And Joshua charged the people with an oath at that time, saying: 'Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city, even Jericho; with the loss of his first-born shall he lay the foundation thereof, and with the loss of his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.'
Who acts: Joshua, man · What happens: charge, say, curse, rise up, build, lay · To what, where: people, man, city, foundation, gates · Speech: someone speaks here
This is Joshua 6:26 · 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 (Joshua, man), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 charged | cc |
| 2 | Joshua | Joshua | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 charged | nsubj |
| 3 | charged | charge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 people | det |
| 5 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 charged | obj |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 oath | case |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 oath | det |
| 8 | oath | oath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 charged | obl |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 time | case |
| 10 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 time | det |
| 11 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 charged | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 saying | punct |
| 13 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 charged | advcl |
| 14 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 13 saying | punct |
| 15 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 16 Cursed | punct |
| 16 | Cursed | curse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 saying | ccomp |
| 17 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 16 Cursed | aux:pass |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 man | det |
| 19 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 Cursed | nsubj:pass |
| 20 | before | before | ADP | _ | 22 LORD | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 LORD | det |
| 22 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 Cursed | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 riseth | punct |
| 24 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 25 riseth | nsubj |
| 25 | riseth | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 man | acl:relcl |
| 26 | up | up | ADP | _ | 25 riseth | compound:prt |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 buildeth | cc |
| 28 | buildeth | build | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 riseth | conj |
| 29 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 30 city | det |
| 30 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 buildeth | obj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 Jericho | punct |
| 32 | even | even | ADV | _ | 33 Jericho | advmod |
| 33 | Jericho | Jericho | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 city | appos |
| 34 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 37 loss | punct |
| 35 | with | with | ADP | _ | 37 loss | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 loss | det |
| 37 | loss | loss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 lay | obl |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 born | case |
| 39 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 born | nmod:poss |
| 40 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 42 born | amod |
| 41 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 40 first | punct |
| 42 | born | born | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 loss | nmod |
| 43 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 45 lay | aux |
| 44 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 lay | nsubj |
| 45 | lay | lay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 Cursed | parataxis |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 foundation | det |
| 47 | foundation | foundation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 lay | obj |
| 48 | thereof | thereof | ADV | _ | 45 lay | advmod |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 set | punct |
| 50 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 60 set | cc |
| 51 | with | with | ADP | _ | 53 loss | case |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 loss | det |
| 53 | loss | loss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 set | obl |
| 54 | of | of | ADP | _ | 57 son | case |
| 55 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 57 son | nmod:poss |
| 56 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 57 son | amod |
| 57 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 loss | nmod |
| 58 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 60 set | aux |
| 59 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 60 set | nsubj |
| 60 | set | set | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 45 lay | conj |
| 61 | up | up | ADP | _ | 60 set | compound:prt |
| 62 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 63 gates | det |
| 63 | gates | gate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 60 set | obj |
| 64 | of | of | ADP | _ | 65 it | case |
| 65 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 63 gates | nmod |
| 66 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 Cursed | punct |
| 67 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 16 Cursed | punct |
Pragmatics
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | charge | past | Joshua | the people | time | with a oath | vn equip-13.4.2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent people=Recipient with oath=Theme | ||
| 2 | say speech: assert | gerund | Joshua not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | curse | infinitive · passive | the man | before the LORD | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 4 | rise up | present | the man | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | build | present | the man not said here | this city | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset city=Product | ||||
| 6 | lay | shall | Joshua | the foundation | with the loss of Joshua's first born; thereof property | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foundation=Result | |||
| 7 | set up | shall | Joshua | the gates of city | with the loss of Joshua's youngest son | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent gate=Patient with loss=Instrument |
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
וַיַּשְׁבַּ֣ע יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ בָּעֵ֥ת הַהִ֖יא לֵאמֹ֑ר אָר֨וּר הָאִ֜ישׁ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר יָקוּם֙ וּבָנָ֞ה אֶת־הָעִ֤יר הַזֹּאת֙ אֶת־יְרִיח֔וֹ בִּבְכֹר֣וֹ יְיַסְּדֶ֔נָּה וּבִצְעִיר֖וֹ יַצִּ֥יב דְּלָתֶֽיהָ׃
Joshua 6:26: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:JOS:126 of Mova's parse database.
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