Joshua 9:18 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 of 2
And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD, the God of Israel.
Who acts: children, princes · What happens: not smite, swear · To what, where: cities
This is Joshua 9:18 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 of 2 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 (children, princes), 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 | _ | 6 smote | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 children | det |
| 3 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 smote | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Israel | case |
| 5 | Israel | Israel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 children | nmod |
| 6 | smote | smite | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 smote | obj |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 smote | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 sworn | punct |
| 10 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 17 sworn | mark |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 princes | det |
| 12 | princes | prince | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 sworn | nsubj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 congregation | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 congregation | det |
| 15 | congregation | congregation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 princes | nmod |
| 16 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 sworn | aux |
| 17 | sworn | swear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 smote | advcl |
| 18 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 19 them | case |
| 19 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 sworn | obl |
| 20 | by | by | ADP | _ | 22 LORD | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 LORD | det |
| 22 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 sworn | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 God | punct |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 God | det |
| 25 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 LORD | appos |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 Israel | case |
| 27 | Israel | Israel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 God | nmod |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 smote | punct |
Pragmatics
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not smite | past | the children of Israel | cities = city | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | swear | past · perfect | the princes of the congregation | unto children = child; by the LORD | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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
וְלֹ֤א הִכּוּם֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כִּֽי־נִשְׁבְּע֤וּ לָהֶם֙ נְשִׂיאֵ֣י הָֽעֵדָ֔ה בַּֽיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיִּלֹּ֥נוּ כָל־הָעֵדָ֖ה עַל־הַנְּשִׂיאִֽים׃
Joshua 9:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →
This verse in JPS 1917:
- And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD, the God of Israel.
- And all the congregation murmured against the princes.
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:JOS:210 of Mova's parse database.
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