Joshua 4:9 · JPS 1917
Joshua also set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests that bore the ark of the covenant stood; and they are there unto this day.
Who acts: Joshua, feet, stones · What happens: set up, bear, stand, be · To what, where: twelve stones, midst, ark
This is Joshua 4:9 · 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 (Joshua, feet, stones), 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 | Joshua | Joshua | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 set | nsubj |
| 2 | also | also | ADV | _ | 3 set | advmod |
| 3 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 set | compound:prt |
| 5 | twelve | twelve | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 stones | nummod |
| 6 | stones | stone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 set | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 midst | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 midst | det |
| 9 | midst | midst | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 set | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 Jordan | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Jordan | det |
| 12 | Jordan | Jordan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 midst | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 place | punct |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 place | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 place | det |
| 16 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 set | obl |
| 17 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 30 stood | advmod |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 feet | det |
| 19 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 stood | nsubj |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 priests | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 priests | det |
| 22 | priests | priest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 feet | nmod |
| 23 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 24 bore | nsubj |
| 24 | bore | bear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 feet | acl:relcl |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 ark | det |
| 26 | ark | ark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 bore | obj |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 covenant | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 covenant | det |
| 29 | covenant | covenant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 ark | nmod |
| 30 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 place | acl:relcl |
| 31 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 35 there | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 there | cc |
| 33 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 there | nsubj |
| 34 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 35 there | cop |
| 35 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 set | conj |
| 36 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 38 day | case |
| 37 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 38 day | det |
| 38 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 there | obl |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 set | punct |
Pragmatics
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | set up | past | Joshua | twelve stones | the midst of the Jordan | in the place | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent stone=Theme in midst=Destination | ||
| 2 | bear | past | the feet of the priests | the ark of the covenant | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ark=Patient | ||||
| 3 | stand | past | the feet of the priests | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | is | present | stones = stone | day | there property | tree rules |
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
וּשְׁתֵּ֧ים עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה אֲבָנִ֗ים הֵקִ֣ים יְהוֹשֻׁעַ֮ בְּת֣וֹךְ הַיַּרְדֵּן֒ תַּ֗חַת מַצַּב֙ רַגְלֵ֣י הַכֹּהֲנִ֔ים נֹשְׂאֵ֖י אֲר֣וֹן הַבְּרִ֑ית וַיִּ֣הְיוּ שָׁ֔ם עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃
Joshua 4:9: 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:68 of Mova's parse database.
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