Joshua 17:4 · JPS 1917
And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying: 'The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren'; therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.
Who acts: daughters, LORD · What happens: come, say, command, give · To what, where: Eleazar, Moses, inheritance, us, daughters, LORD · Speech: someone speaks here
This is Joshua 17:4 · 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 (daughters, LORD), 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 came | cc |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 came | nsubj |
| 3 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | near | near | ADV | _ | 3 came | advmod |
| 5 | before | before | ADP | _ | 6 Eleazar | case |
| 6 | Eleazar | Eleazar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 came | obl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 priest | det |
| 8 | priest | priest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Eleazar | appos |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 Joshua | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 Joshua | cc |
| 11 | before | before | ADP | _ | 12 Joshua | case |
| 12 | Joshua | Joshua | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 came | obl |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 son | det |
| 14 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 Joshua | appos |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 Nun | case |
| 16 | Nun | Nun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 son | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 saying | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 saying | cc |
| 19 | before | before | ADP | _ | 21 princes | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 princes | det |
| 21 | princes | prince | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 saying | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 saying | punct |
| 23 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 came | advcl |
| 24 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 28 commanded | punct |
| 25 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 28 commanded | punct |
| 26 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 LORD | det |
| 27 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 commanded | nsubj |
| 28 | commanded | command | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 saying | ccomp |
| 29 | Moses | Moses | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 commanded | obj |
| 30 | to | to | PART | _ | 31 give | mark |
| 31 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 commanded | xcomp |
| 32 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 31 give | iobj |
| 33 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 inheritance | det |
| 34 | inheritance | inheritance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 give | obj |
| 35 | among | among | ADP | _ | 37 brethren | case |
| 36 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 brethren | nmod:poss |
| 37 | brethren | brethren | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 inheritance | nmod |
| 38 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 37 brethren | case |
| 39 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 49 gave | punct |
| 40 | therefore | therefore | ADV | _ | 49 gave | advmod |
| 41 | according | accord | ADP | ExtPos=SCONJ | 44 commandment | case |
| 42 | to | to | ADP | _ | 41 according | fixed |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 commandment | det |
| 44 | commandment | commandment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 gave | obl |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 LORD | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 LORD | det |
| 47 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 commandment | nmod |
| 48 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 gave | nsubj |
| 49 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 came | parataxis |
| 50 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 gave | iobj |
| 51 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 52 inheritance | det |
| 52 | inheritance | inheritance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 gave | obj |
| 53 | among | among | ADP | _ | 55 brethren | case |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 brethren | det |
| 55 | brethren | brethren | NOUN | Number=Plur | 52 inheritance | nmod |
| 56 | of | of | ADP | _ | 58 father | case |
| 57 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 58 father | nmod:poss |
| 58 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 brethren | nmod |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 came | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- assert
- voice
- narrator
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- changed voice=narrator
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | daughters = daughter | Eleazar | before Joshua | near property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before eleazar=Location | ||
| 2 | say speech: assert | gerund | daughters = daughter not said here | before the princes | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | command | past | the LORD | Moses | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent moses=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | give not said to happen | to-infinitive | the LORD not said here | a inheritance | us | among our brethren | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient inheritance=Theme | ||
| 5 | give | past | LORD | a inheritance | daughters = daughter | accord the commandment of the LORD; among the brethren of daughters's father; therefore property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient inheritance=Theme | ||
| 6 | command | the LORD | nom commandment «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
וַתִּקְרַ֡בְנָה לִפְנֵי֩ אֶלְעָזָ֨ר הַכֹּהֵ֜ן וְלִפְנֵ֣י ׀ יְהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ בִּן־נ֗וּן וְלִפְנֵ֤י הַנְּשִׂיאִים֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר יְהוָה֙ צִוָּ֣ה אֶת־מֹשֶׁ֔ה לָֽתֶת־לָ֥נוּ נַחֲלָ֖ה בְּת֣וֹךְ אַחֵ֑ינוּ וַיִּתֵּ֨ן לָהֶ֜ם אֶל־פִּ֤י יְהוָה֙ נַֽחֲלָ֔ה בְּת֖וֹךְ אֲחֵ֥י אֲבִיהֶֽן׃
Joshua 17:4: 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:445 of Mova's parse database.
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