Joshua 24:15 · JPS 1917

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.'

Who acts: you, ye, fathers, gods, we · What happens: seem, serve, choose, be, dwell · To what, where: River, LORD, you, day, gods, land

This is Joshua 24:15 · 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 (you, ye, fathers, gods), 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	_	13 choose	cc
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 seem	mark
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 seem	expl
4	seem	seem	VERB	Mood=Sub Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 choose	advcl
5	evil	evil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 seem	xcomp
6	unto	unto	ADP	_	7 you	case
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 evil	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 serve	mark
9	serve	serve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 seem	csubj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 LORD	det
11	LORD	LORD	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 serve	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 seem	punct
13	choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 choose	iobj
15	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	16 day	det
16	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 choose	obl:unmarked
17	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 serve	obj
18	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	20 serve	nsubj
19	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 serve	aux
20	serve	serve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 day	acl:relcl
21	;	;	PUNCT	_	33 River	punct
22	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	33 River	mark
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 gods	det
24	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 River	nsubj
25	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	28 served	obj
26	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 fathers	nmod:poss
27	fathers	father	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 served	nsubj
28	served	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 gods	acl:relcl
29	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	33 River	nsubj
30	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 River	cop
31	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	33 River	case
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 River	det
33	River	River	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 choose	parataxis
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 gods	punct
35	or	or	CCONJ	_	37 gods	cc
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 gods	det
37	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 River	conj
38	of	of	ADP	_	40 Amorites	case
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 Amorites	det
40	Amorites	amorite	PROPN	Number=Plur	37 gods	nmod
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 dwell	punct
42	in	in	ADP	_	44 land	case
43	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	44 land	nmod:poss
44	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 dwell	obl
45	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	46 dwell	nsubj
46	dwell	dwell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 choose	conj
47	;	;	PUNCT	_	58 serve	punct
48	but	but	CCONJ	_	58 serve	cc
49	as	as	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	51 me	case
50	for	for	ADP	_	49 as	fixed
51	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	58 serve	obl
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 house	cc
53	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	54 house	nmod:poss
54	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 me	conj
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 me	punct
56	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	58 serve	nsubj
57	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	58 serve	aux
58	serve	serve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 choose	conj
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 LORD	det
60	LORD	LORD	PROPN	Number=Sing	58 serve	obj
61	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 choose	punct
62	'	'	PUNCT	_	13 choose	punct

Pragmatics

form: statement
act: suggest
voice: narrator
polarity: neg
hedged: yes
teacher: changed act=suggest

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seem a condition, not said to happen	present	you not said here	River				evil property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
2	serve	to-infinitive		the LORD					vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Attribute
3	choose	imperative	you not said here		you		day		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
4	serve	future	ye	this day					vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Attribute
5	serve	past	your fathers	the gods					vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Attribute
6	is	past	the gods					beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites	tree rules
7	dwell	present	ye			land			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in land=Location
8	serve	future	we	the LORD				as me	vn spend_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent lord=Duration as i=Attribute

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

וְאִם֩ רַ֨ע בְּֽעֵינֵיכֶ֜ם לַעֲבֹ֣ד אֶת־יְהוָ֗ה בַּחֲר֨וּ לָכֶ֣ם הַיּוֹם֮ אֶת־מִ֣י תַעֲבֹדוּן֒ אִ֣ם אֶת־אֱלֹהִ֞ים אֲשֶׁר־עָבְד֣וּ אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֗ם אֲשֶׁר֙ מֵעֵ֣בֶרהַנָּהָ֔ר וְאִם֙ אֶת־אֱלֹהֵ֣י הָאֱמֹרִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתֶּ֖ם יֹשְׁבִ֣ים בְּאַרְצָ֑ם וְאָנֹכִ֣י וּבֵיתִ֔י נַעֲבֹ֖ד אֶת־יְהוָֽה׃פ

Joshua 24:15: 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:662 of Mova's parse database.

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