Joshua 9:9 · JPS 1917
And they said unto him: 'From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thy God; for we have heard the fame of Him, and all that He did in Egypt,
Who acts: Joshua, servants, we, Israel · What happens: say, come, hear, do, name · To what, where: far country, fame, Egypt, LORD · Speech: someone speaks here
This is Joshua 9:9 · 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, servants, we, Israel), 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 said | cc |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 5 him | case |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 said | obl |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 16 come | punct |
| 7 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 16 come | punct |
| 8 | From | from | ADP | _ | 12 country | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 country | det |
| 10 | very | very | ADV | _ | 11 far | advmod |
| 11 | far | far | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 country | amod |
| 12 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 come | obl |
| 13 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 14 servants | nmod:poss |
| 14 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 come | nsubj |
| 15 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 come | aux |
| 16 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 said | ccomp |
| 17 | because | because | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 20 name | case |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 because | fixed |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 name | det |
| 20 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 come | obl |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 LORD | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 LORD | det |
| 23 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 name | nmod |
| 24 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 25 God | nmod:poss |
| 25 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 LORD | appos |
| 26 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 30 heard | punct |
| 27 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 30 heard | mark |
| 28 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 30 heard | nsubj |
| 29 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 heard | aux |
| 30 | heard | hear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 16 come | advcl |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 fame | det |
| 32 | fame | fame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 heard | obj |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 Him | case |
| 34 | Him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 fame | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 all | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 all | cc |
| 37 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 32 fame | conj |
| 38 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 40 did | obj |
| 39 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 did | nsubj |
| 40 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 all | acl:relcl |
| 41 | in | in | ADP | _ | 42 Egypt | case |
| 42 | Egypt | Egypt | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 did | obl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- assert
- voice
- character
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- kept the draft
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Joshua | unto Israel | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | come | present · passive | thy servants | a far country | because the name of the LORD | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from country=Initial_Location | |||
| 3 | hear | present · perfect | we | the fame of Israel | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer fame=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | do | past | Israel | Egypt | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | ||||
| 5 | name | the LORD | nom name «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
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֗יו מֵאֶ֨רֶץ רְחוֹקָ֤ה מְאֹד֙ בָּ֣אוּ עֲבָדֶ֔יךָ לְשֵׁ֖ם יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ כִּֽי־שָׁמַ֣עְנוּ שָׁמְע֔וֹ וְאֵ֛ת כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָׂ֖ה בְּמִצְרָֽיִם׃
Joshua 9:9: 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:199 of Mova's parse database.
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