Joshua 3:17 · JPS 1917
And the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan, while all Israel passed over on dry ground, until all the nation were passed clean over the Jordan.
Who acts: priests, Israel, LORD · What happens: bear, stand, pass over, pass, covenant · To what, where: ark, dry ground, nation, Jordan
This is Joshua 3:17 · 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 (priests, Israel, 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 | _ | 14 stood | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 priests | det |
| 3 | priests | priest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 stood | nsubj |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 bore | nsubj |
| 5 | bore | bear | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 priests | acl:relcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 ark | det |
| 7 | ark | ark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bore | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 covenant | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 covenant | det |
| 10 | covenant | covenant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ark | nmod |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 LORD | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 LORD | det |
| 13 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 covenant | nmod |
| 14 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | firm | firm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 stood | xcomp |
| 16 | on | on | ADP | _ | 18 ground | case |
| 17 | dry | dry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 ground | amod |
| 18 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 stood | obl |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 midst | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 midst | det |
| 21 | midst | midst | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 stood | obl |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 Jordan | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 Jordan | det |
| 24 | Jordan | Jordan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 midst | nmod |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 passed | punct |
| 26 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 29 passed | mark |
| 27 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 28 Israel | det |
| 28 | Israel | Israel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 passed | nsubj |
| 29 | passed | pass | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 stood | advcl |
| 30 | over | over | ADP | _ | 29 passed | compound:prt |
| 31 | on | on | ADP | _ | 33 ground | case |
| 32 | dry | dry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 ground | amod |
| 33 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 passed | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 passed | punct |
| 35 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 40 passed | mark |
| 36 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 38 nation | det:predet |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 nation | det |
| 38 | nation | nation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 passed | nsubj:pass |
| 39 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 passed | aux:pass |
| 40 | passed | pass | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 29 passed | advcl |
| 41 | clean | clean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 passed | xcomp |
| 42 | over | over | ADP | _ | 44 Jordan | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 Jordan | det |
| 44 | Jordan | Jordan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 passed | obl |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 stood | punct |
Pragmatics
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear | past | the priests | the ark of the covenant of the LORD | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ark=Patient | ||||
| 2 | stand | past | the priests | dry ground | in the midst of the Jordan; firm property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on ground=Location | |||
| 3 | pass over | past | all Israel | dry ground | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on ground=Location | ||||
| 4 | pass | past · passive | all nation | the Jordan | clean property | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme over jordan=Destination | |||
| 5 | 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
וַיַּעַמְד֣וּ הַכֹּהֲנִ֡ים נֹ֠שְׂאֵי הָאָר֨וֹן בְּרִית־יְהוָ֜ה בֶּחָֽרָבָ֛ה בְּת֥וֹךְ הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ן הָכֵ֑ן וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל עֹֽבְרִים֙ בֶּחָ֣רָבָ֔ה עַ֤ד אֲשֶׁר־תַּ֙מּוּ֙ כָּל־הַגּ֔וֹי לַעֲבֹ֖ר אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃
Joshua 3:17: 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:59 of Mova's parse database.
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