Joshua 3:4 · JPS 1917

Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure; come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.'

Who acts: space, ye · What happens: be, not come, know, go, not pass · To what, where: way

This is Joshua 3:4 · 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 (space, ye), 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	Yet	yet	CCONJ	_	4 be	cc
2	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	4 be	expl
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 be	aux
4	be	be	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 space	det
6	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 be	nsubj
7	between	between	ADP	_	8 you	case
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 be	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 it	cc
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 you	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 cubits	punct
12	about	about	ADV	_	14 thousand	advmod
13	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 thousand	compound
14	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 cubits	nummod
15	cubits	cubit	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 space	appos
16	by	by	ADP	_	17 measure	case
17	measure	measure	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 cubits	nmod
18	;	;	PUNCT	_	19 come	punct
19	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 be	parataxis
20	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 come	advmod
21	near	near	ADV	_	19 come	advmod
22	unto	unto	ADP	_	23 it	case
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 come	obl
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 know	punct
25	that	that	SCONJ	_	28 know	mark
26	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	28 know	nsubj
27	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	28 know	aux
28	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 come	advcl
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 way	det
30	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 know	obj
31	by	by	ADP	_	32 which	case
32	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	35 go	obl
33	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	35 go	nsubj
34	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	35 go	aux
35	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	30 way	acl:relcl
36	;	;	PUNCT	_	41 passed	punct
37	for	for	SCONJ	_	41 passed	mark
38	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	41 passed	nsubj
39	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	41 passed	aux
40	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	41 passed	advmod
41	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 be	advcl
42	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	43 way	det
43	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 passed	obj
44	heretofore	heretofore	ADV	_	41 passed	advmod
45	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 be	punct
46	'	'	PUNCT	_	4 be	punct

Pragmatics

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	be	shall	a space		there	between you	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between you=Location
2	not come	infinitive				unto covenant; near property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	know	may	ye	the way			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus
4	go	must	ye			by the way	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by which=Location
5	not pass	present · perfect	ye	this way		heretofore property	vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme way=Trajectory

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

אַ֣ךְ ׀ רָח֣וֹק יִהְיֶ֗ה בֵּֽינֵיכֶם֙ וּבֵינָ֔יו כְּאַלְפַּ֥יִם אַמָּ֖ה בַּמִּדָּ֑ה אַֽל־תִּקְרְב֣וּ אֵלָ֗יו לְמַ֤עַן אֲשֶׁר־תֵּֽדְעוּ֙ אֶת־הַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תֵּֽלְכוּ־בָ֔הּ כִּ֣י לֹ֧א עֲבַרְתֶּ֛ם בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ מִתְּמ֥וֹל שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם׃ס

Joshua 3:4: 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:46 of Mova's parse database.

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