Joshua 22:27 · JPS 1917
but it shall be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we may do the service of the LORD before Him with our burnt-offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace-offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come: Ye have no portion in the LORD.
Who acts: altar, we, children, Ye, our · What happens: be, do, burn, not say, come, have · To what, where: witness, service, portion, LORD · Speech: someone speaks here
This is Joshua 22:27 · 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 (altar, we, children, 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 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 witness | cc |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 witness | nsubj |
| 3 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 witness | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 witness | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 witness | det |
| 6 | witness | witness | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | between | between | ADP | _ | 8 us | case |
| 8 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 witness | nmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 you | cc |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 us | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 generations | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 generations | cc |
| 13 | between | between | ADP | _ | 15 generations | case |
| 14 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 generations | nmod:poss |
| 15 | generations | generation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 witness | conj |
| 16 | after | after | ADP | _ | 17 us | case |
| 17 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 generations | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 do | punct |
| 19 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 22 do | mark |
| 20 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 22 do | nsubj |
| 21 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 22 do | aux |
| 22 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 witness | advcl |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 service | det |
| 24 | service | service | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 do | obj |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 LORD | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 LORD | det |
| 27 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 service | nmod |
| 28 | before | before | ADP | _ | 29 Him | case |
| 29 | Him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 do | obl |
| 30 | with | with | ADP | _ | 34 offerings | case |
| 31 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 offerings | nmod:poss |
| 32 | burnt | burn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 34 offerings | amod |
| 33 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 32 burnt | punct |
| 34 | offerings | offering | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 do | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 sacrifices | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 sacrifices | cc |
| 37 | with | with | ADP | _ | 39 sacrifices | case |
| 38 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 sacrifices | nmod:poss |
| 39 | sacrifices | sacrifice | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 offerings | conj |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 offerings | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 offerings | cc |
| 42 | with | with | ADP | _ | 46 offerings | case |
| 43 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 offerings | nmod:poss |
| 44 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 offerings | compound |
| 45 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 44 peace | punct |
| 46 | offerings | offering | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 offerings | conj |
| 47 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 53 say | punct |
| 48 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 53 say | mark |
| 49 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 50 children | nmod:poss |
| 50 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 53 say | nsubj |
| 51 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 53 say | aux |
| 52 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 53 say | advmod |
| 53 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 witness | advcl |
| 54 | to | to | ADP | _ | 56 children | case |
| 55 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 56 children | nmod:poss |
| 56 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 53 say | obl |
| 57 | in | in | ADP | _ | 58 time | case |
| 58 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 say | obl |
| 59 | to | to | PART | _ | 60 come | mark |
| 60 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 58 time | acl |
| 61 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 63 have | punct |
| 62 | Ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 63 have | nsubj |
| 63 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 53 say | ccomp |
| 64 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 65 portion | det |
| 65 | portion | portion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 have | obj |
| 66 | in | in | ADP | _ | 68 LORD | case |
| 67 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 68 LORD | det |
| 68 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 65 portion | nmod |
| 69 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 witness | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- assert
- voice
- narrator
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- changed act=assert, polarity=none
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | shall | altar | a witness and our generations after us | between us | tree rules | |||
| 2 | do | may | we | the service of the LORD | before LORD | with our burnt offerings and our sacrifices and our peace offerings | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent service=Eventuality | ||
| 3 | burn | participle | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 4 | not say speech: assert | may | your children | time | to our children | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to child=Experiencer clause=Topic | |||
| 5 | come | to-infinitive | your children not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | have | present | Ye | no portion | in the LORD | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent portion=Patient | |||
| 7 | service | the LORD | nom service «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 8 | offer | our | nom offering «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 9 | sacrifice | our | nom sacrifice «act transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 10 | offer | our | nom offering «communication transitive»: poss=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
כִּי֩ עֵ֨ד ה֜וּא בֵּינֵ֣ינוּ וּבֵינֵיכֶ֗ם וּבֵ֣ין דֹּרוֹתֵינוּ֮ אַחֲרֵינוּ֒ לַעֲבֹ֞ד אֶת־עֲבֹדַ֤ת יְהוָה֙ לְפָנָ֔יו בְּעֹלוֹתֵ֥ינוּ וּבִזְבָחֵ֖ינוּ וּבִשְׁלָמֵ֑ינוּ וְלֹא־יֹאמְר֨וּ בְנֵיכֶ֤ם מָחָר֙ לְבָנֵ֔ינוּ אֵין־לָכֶ֥ם חֵ֖לֶק בַּיהוָֽה׃
Joshua 22:27: 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:624 of Mova's parse database.
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