Joshua 3:3 · JPS 1917
and they commanded the people, saying: 'When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.
Who acts: officers, ye, priests, LORD · What happens: command, say, see, bear, remove, go · To what, where: people, ark, covenant, place · Speech: someone speaks here
This is Joshua 3:3 · 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 (officers, ye, priests, 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 commanded | cc |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 commanded | nsubj |
| 3 | commanded | command | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur 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 commanded | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 saying | punct |
| 7 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 commanded | advcl |
| 8 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 saying | punct |
| 9 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 35 remove | punct |
| 10 | When | when | SCONJ | _ | 12 see | mark |
| 11 | ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 12 see | nsubj |
| 12 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 35 remove | advcl |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 ark | det |
| 14 | ark | ark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 see | obj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 covenant | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 covenant | det |
| 17 | covenant | covenant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 ark | nmod |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 LORD | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 LORD | det |
| 20 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 covenant | nmod |
| 21 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 God | nmod:poss |
| 22 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 LORD | appos |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 priests | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 priests | cc |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 priests | det |
| 26 | priests | priest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 ark | conj |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 Levites | det |
| 28 | Levites | Levite | PROPN | Number=Plur | 26 priests | appos |
| 29 | bearing | bear | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 26 priests | acl |
| 30 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 bearing | obj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 remove | punct |
| 32 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 35 remove | advmod |
| 33 | ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 35 remove | nsubj |
| 34 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 35 remove | aux |
| 35 | remove | remove | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 saying | ccomp |
| 36 | from | from | ADP | _ | 38 place | case |
| 37 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 place | nmod:poss |
| 38 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 remove | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 go | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 go | cc |
| 41 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 35 remove | conj |
| 42 | after | after | ADP | _ | 43 it | case |
| 43 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 go | obl |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 commanded | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- warn
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- teacher
- kept the draft
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | command | past | officers = officer | the people | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent people=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | gerund | officers = officer not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | see | present | ye | the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the priests | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ark=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | bear | gerund | the priests not said here | covenant | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||||
| 5 | remove | shall | ye | your place | then | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from place=Source | |||
| 6 | go | infinitive | ye not said here | after place | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | covenant | the LORD | nom covenant «communication intransitive»: of=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
וַיְצַוּוּ֮ אֶת־הָעָ֣ם לֵאמֹר֒ כִּרְאֽוֹתְכֶ֗ם אֵ֣ת אֲר֤וֹן בְּרִית־יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹ֣הֵיכֶ֔ם וְהַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ הַלְוִיִּ֔ם נֹשְׂאִ֖ים אֹת֑וֹ וְאַתֶּ֗ם תִּסְעוּ֙ מִמְּק֣וֹמְכֶ֔ם וַהֲלַכְתֶּ֖ם אַחֲרָֽיו׃
Joshua 3:3: 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:45 of Mova's parse database.
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