Joshua 5:14 · JPS 1917
And he said: 'Nay, but I am captain of the host of the LORD; I am now come.' And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and bowed down, and said unto him: 'What saith my lord unto his servant?'
Who acts: Joshua, I · What happens: say, be, come, fall, bow down · To what, where: captain, face, lord · Speech: someone speaks here
This is Joshua 5:14 · 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, I), 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 | _ | 3 said | cc |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| 5 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 11 captain | punct |
| 6 | Nay | nay | INTJ | _ | 11 captain | discourse |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 captain | punct |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 11 captain | cc |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 captain | nsubj |
| 10 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 captain | cop |
| 11 | captain | captain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 said | ccomp |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 host | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 host | det |
| 14 | host | host | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 captain | nmod |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 LORD | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 LORD | det |
| 17 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 host | nmod |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 22 come | punct |
| 19 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 22 come | nsubj |
| 20 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 come | aux |
| 21 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 22 come | advmod |
| 22 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 said | parataxis |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 22 come | punct |
| 24 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 22 come | punct |
| 25 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 fell | cc |
| 26 | Joshua | Joshua | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 fell | nsubj |
| 27 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 said | conj |
| 28 | on | on | ADP | _ | 30 face | case |
| 29 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 face | nmod:poss |
| 30 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 fell | obl |
| 31 | to | to | ADP | _ | 33 earth | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 earth | det |
| 33 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 fell | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 bowed | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 bowed | cc |
| 36 | bowed | bow | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 fell | conj |
| 37 | down | down | ADV | _ | 36 bowed | advmod |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 said | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 said | cc |
| 40 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 fell | conj |
| 41 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 42 him | case |
| 42 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 said | obl |
| 43 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 46 saith | punct |
| 44 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 46 saith | punct |
| 45 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 46 saith | nsubj |
| 46 | saith | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 said | ccomp |
| 47 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 48 lord | nmod:poss |
| 48 | lord | lord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 saith | obj |
| 49 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 51 servant | case |
| 50 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 servant | nmod:poss |
| 51 | servant | servant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 saith | obl |
| 52 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 46 saith | punct |
| 53 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 46 saith | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- yes/no question
- act
- ask
- voice
- character
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- changed act=ask
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Joshua | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | I | captain | of the host of the LORD | tree rules | |||
| 3 | come | present · passive | I | now | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | fall | past | Joshua | Joshua's face | to the earth | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on face=Location | |||
| 5 | bow down | past | Joshua not said here | down property | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | say speech: assert | past | Joshua not said here | unto Joshua | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 7 | say speech: assert | past | my lord | unto Joshua's servant | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent lord=Topic |
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
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ׀ לֹ֗א כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י שַׂר־צְבָֽא־יְהוָ֖ה עַתָּ֣ה בָ֑אתִי וַיִּפֹּל֩ יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ אֶל־פָּנָ֥יו אַ֙רְצָה֙ וַיִּשְׁתָּ֔חוּ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֔וֹ מָ֥ה אֲדֹנִ֖י מְדַבֵּ֥ר אֶל־עַבְדּֽוֹ׃
Joshua 5:14: 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:97 of Mova's parse database.
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