Joshua 8:31 · JPS 1917

as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of unhewn stones, upon which no man had lifted up any iron; and they offered thereon burnt-offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed peace-offerings.

Who acts: Moses, man, men · What happens: command, write, lift up, offer, burn, sacrifice · To what, where: children, servant, book, iron, altar, burnt offerings · Speech: someone speaks here

This is Joshua 8:31 · 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 (Moses, man, 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 commanded	mark
2	Moses	Moses	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 commanded	nsubj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 servant	det
4	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Moses	appos
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 LORD	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 LORD	det
7	LORD	LORD	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 servant	nmod
8	commanded	command	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 children	det
10	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 commanded	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 Israel	case
12	Israel	Israel	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 children	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 written	punct
14	as	as	SCONJ	_	17 written	mark
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 written	nsubj:pass
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 written	aux:pass
17	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 commanded	advcl
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 book	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 book	det
20	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 written	obl
21	of	of	ADP	_	23 law	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 law	det
23	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 book	nmod
24	of	of	ADP	_	25 Moses	case
25	Moses	Moses	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 law	nmod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 altar	punct
27	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	28 altar	det
28	altar	altar	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 book	appos
29	of	of	ADP	_	31 stones	case
30	unhewn	unhewn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 stones	amod
31	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 altar	nmod
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 lifted	punct
33	upon	upon	ADP	_	34 which	case
34	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	38 lifted	obl
35	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	36 man	det
36	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 lifted	nsubj
37	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 lifted	aux
38	lifted	lift	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	28 altar	acl:relcl
39	up	up	ADP	_	38 lifted	compound:prt
40	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	41 iron	det
41	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 lifted	obj
42	;	;	PUNCT	_	45 offered	punct
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 offered	cc
44	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 offered	nsubj
45	offered	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 commanded	conj
46	thereon	thereon	ADV	_	45 offered	advmod
47	burnt	burn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	49 offerings	amod
48	-	-	PUNCT	_	47 burnt	punct
49	offerings	offering	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 offered	obj
50	unto	unto	ADP	_	52 LORD	case
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 LORD	det
52	LORD	LORD	PROPN	Number=Sing	45 offered	obl
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 sacrificed	punct
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 sacrificed	cc
55	sacrificed	sacrifice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 offered	conj
56	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 offerings	compound
57	-	-	PUNCT	_	56 peace	punct
58	offerings	offering	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 sacrificed	obj
59	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 commanded	punct

Pragmatics

form: statement
act: narrate
voice: narrator
polarity: none
teacher: kept the draft

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	command	past	Moses	the children of Israel			vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent child=Theme
2	write	present · passive		servant	the book of the law of Moses		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in book=Destination
3	lift up	past · perfect	no man	any iron	a altar of unhewn stones		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent iron=Theme upon which=Destination
4	offer	past	men = man	burnt offerings		unto the LORD; thereon property	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent offering=Theme
5	burn	participle					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	sacrifice	past	men = man not said here	peace offerings			vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent offering=Theme

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

כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוָּה֩ מֹשֶׁ֨ה עֶֽבֶד־יְהוָ֜ה אֶת־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל כַּכָּתוּב֙ בְּסֵ֙פֶר֙ תּוֹרַ֣ת מֹשֶׁ֔ה מִזְבַּח֙ אֲבָנִ֣ים שְׁלֵמ֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹֽא־הֵנִ֥יף עֲלֵיהֶ֖ן בַּרְזֶ֑ל וַיַּעֲל֨וּ עָלָ֤יו עֹלוֹת֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה וַֽיִּזְבְּח֖וּ שְׁלָמִֽים׃

Joshua 8:31: 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:186 of Mova's parse database.

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