Joshua 3:8 · JPS 1917

And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying: When ye are come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, ye shall stand still in the Jordan.'

Who acts: thou, priests, ye · What happens: command, bear, say, come, stand · To what, where: priests, ark, brink, Jordan · Speech: someone speaks here

This is Joshua 3:8 · 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 (thou, priests, 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	4 command	cc
2	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	4 command	nsubj
3	shalt	shall	AUX	Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin	4 command	aux
4	command	command	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 priests	det
6	priests	priest	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 command	obj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 bear	nsubj
8	bear	bear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 priests	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ark	det
10	ark	ark	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bear	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 covenant	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 covenant	det
13	covenant	covenant	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ark	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 command	punct
15	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 command	advcl
16	:	:	PUNCT	_	33 stand	punct
17	When	when	SCONJ	_	20 come	mark
18	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	20 come	nsubj
19	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 come	aux
20	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	33 stand	advcl
21	to	to	ADP	_	23 brink	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 brink	det
23	brink	brink	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 come	obl
24	of	of	ADP	_	26 waters	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 waters	det
26	waters	water	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 brink	nmod
27	of	of	ADP	_	29 Jordan	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 Jordan	det
29	Jordan	Jordan	PROPN	Number=Sing	26 waters	nmod
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 come	punct
31	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	33 stand	nsubj
32	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	33 stand	aux
33	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 saying	ccomp
34	still	still	ADV	_	33 stand	advmod
35	in	in	ADP	_	37 Jordan	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 Jordan	det
37	Jordan	Jordan	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 stand	obl
38	.	.	PUNCT	_	33 stand	punct
39	'	'	PUNCT	_	33 stand	punct

Pragmatics

form: statement
act: request
voice: character
polarity: none
teacher: changed voice=character, act=request, indirect=0

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	command	shall	thou	the priests			vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent priest=Eventuality
2	bear	present	the priests	the ark of the covenant			vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ark=Patient
3	say speech: assert	gerund	thou not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	come	present · passive	ye		the brink of the waters of the Jordan		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to brink=Initial_Location
5	stand	shall	ye		the Jordan	still	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in jordan=Location

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

וְאַתָּ֗ה תְּצַוֶּה֙ אֶת־הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים נֹשְׂאֵ֥י אֲרֽוֹן־הַבְּרִ֖ית לֵאמֹ֑ר כְּבֹאֲכֶ֗ם עַד־קְצֵה֙ מֵ֣י הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן בַּיַּרְדֵּ֖ן תַּעֲמֹֽדוּ׃פ

Joshua 3:8: 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:50 of Mova's parse database.

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