--- title: Joshua 9:21 — And the princes said concerning them: 'Let them live'; so they becam… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And the princes said concerning them: 'Let them live'; so they became hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation, as the princes had spoken concerning them. Who acts: princes. 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The page gives the verse in Hebrew as the Westminster Leningrad Codex has it, its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, built from MACULA Hebrew — and its pragmatics: who acts — princes — and what happens in the verse to princes, hewers, read clause by clause by Mova's frames. Beside it stand the Aramaic of Targum Jonathan and the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, each English sentence with a tree of its own. It is one of the 24 chapters of Joshua on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between. וַיֹּאמְר֧וּ אֲלֵיהֶ֛ם הַנְּשִׂיאִ֖ים יִֽחְי֑וּ וַ֠יִּֽהְיוּ חֹטְבֵ֨י עֵצִ֤ים וְשֹֽׁאֲבֵי־מַ֙יִם֙ לְכָל־הָ֣עֵדָ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר דִּבְּר֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם הַנְּשִׂיאִֽים׃ [And the princes said concerning them: 'Let them live'; so they became hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation, as the princes had spoken concerning them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.214/) ## The tree {#tree} Right to left, as the Hebrew is read; a prefix or suffix is a word of its own, and a line under the words joins those written as one. Under each word its part of speech and MACULA's English gloss. ```conllu rtl gloss # sent_id = wlc:JOS:206 # text = וַיֹּאמְר֧וּ אֲלֵיהֶ֛ם הַנְּשִׂיאִ֖ים יִֽחְי֑וּ וַ֠יִּֽהְיוּ חֹטְבֵ֨י עֵצִ֤ים וְשֹֽׁאֲבֵי־מַ֙יִם֙ לְכָל־הָ֣עֵדָ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר דִּבְּר֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם הַנְּשִׂיאִֽים׃ # verse = JOS.9.21 1-2 וַיֹּאמְר֧וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JOS_9:21!1|MId=o060090210011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּאמְר֧וּ אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=they.said|Ref=JOS_9:21!1|MId=o060090210012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:060090210032;|Type=wayyiqtol 3-4 אֲלֵיהֶ֛ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 אֲלֵי אֶל ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=JOS_9:21!2|MId=o060090210021|Strong=0413 4 הֶ֛ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ Gloss=them|Ref=JOS_9:21!2|MId=o060090210022|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 5-6 הַנְּשִׂיאִ֖ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 6 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=JOS_9:21!3|MId=o060090210031|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 6 נְּשִׂיאִ֖ים נָשִׂיא NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ Gloss=leaders|Ref=JOS_9:21!3|MId=o060090210032|Strong=5387 7 יִֽחְי֑וּ חָיָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 ccomp _ Gloss=let.them.live|Ref=JOS_9:21!4|MId=o060090210041|Strong=2421|Frame=A0:060090070062;|Type=yiqtol 8-9 וַ֠יִּֽהְיוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 וַ֠ וְ CCONJ _ _ 10 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JOS_9:21!5|MId=o060090210051|Strong=2050b 9 יִּֽהְיוּ הָיָה AUX _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 10 cop _ Gloss=they.were|Ref=JOS_9:21!5|MId=o060090210052|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:060090070062;|Type=wayyiqtol 10 חֹטְבֵ֨י חָטַב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur 7 conj _ Gloss=cutters|Ref=JOS_9:21!6|MId=o060090210061|Strong=2404|Frame=A0:060090070062;A1:060090210071;|Type=participle_active 11 עֵצִ֤ים עֵץ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 10 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.wood(s)|Ref=JOS_9:21!7|MId=o060090210071|Strong=6086 12-13 וְשֹֽׁאֲבֵי־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 13 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JOS_9:21!8|MId=o060090210081|Strong=2050b 13 שֹֽׁאֲבֵי־ שָׁאַב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur 10 conj _ Gloss=drawers|Ref=JOS_9:21!8|MId=o060090210082|Strong=7579|Frame=A0:060090070062;A1:060090210091;|Type=participle_active 14 מַ֙יִם֙ מַיִם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 13 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.water|Ref=JOS_9:21!9|MId=o060090210091|Strong=4325 15-16 לְכָל־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 16 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=JOS_9:21!10|MId=o060090210101|Strong=3807a 16 כָל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 10 obl _ Gloss=all|Ref=JOS_9:21!10|MId=o060090210102|Strong=3605 17-18 הָ֣עֵדָ֔ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 הָ֣ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 18 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=JOS_9:21!11|MId=o060090210111|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 18 עֵדָ֔ה עֵדָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 16 compound:smixut _ Gloss=congregation|Ref=JOS_9:21!11|MId=o060090210112|Strong=5712 19-20 כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 כַּ כְּ ADP _ _ 10 obl _ Gloss=just|Ref=JOS_9:21!12|MId=o060090210121|Strong=3509a 20 אֲשֶׁ֛ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 21 mark _ Gloss=as|Ref=JOS_9:21!12|MId=o060090210122|Strong=0834|Type=relative 21 דִּבְּר֥וּ דָבַר VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Plur|Person=3 19 acl:relcl _ Gloss=they.had.spoken|Ref=JOS_9:21!13|MId=o060090210131|Strong=1696|Frame=A0:060090210152;|Type=qatal 22-23 לָהֶ֖ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 ל לְ ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=JOS_9:21!14|MId=o060090210141|Strong=3807a 23 ָהֶ֖ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ Gloss=them|Ref=JOS_9:21!14|MId=o060090210142|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 24-25 הַנְּשִׂיאִֽים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 25 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=JOS_9:21!15|MId=o060090210151|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 25 נְּשִׂיאִֽים נָשִׂיא NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ Gloss=leaders|Ref=JOS_9:21!15|MId=o060090210152|Strong=5387 26 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 25 punct _ Ref=JOS_9:21!15 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: no - the frame alone: decl · narrate · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יֹּאמְרוּ *they said* | wayyiqtol · qal | נְּשִׂיאִים *leaders* | | | | | יִֽחְיוּ *let them live* | yiqtol · qal | | | | | | יִּֽהְיוּ *they were* | wayyiqtol · qal | | | | | | חֹטְבֵי *cutters* | participle active · qal | | עֵצִים *of wood(s)* | | | | שֹֽׁאֲבֵי־ *drawers* | participle active · qal | | מַיִם *of water* | | | | דִּבְּרוּ *they had spoken* | qatal · piel | נְּשִׂיאִֽים *leaders* | | | | MACULA's semantic frames: for each verb the head word of each participant. A0 is the one who acts, A1 what the act is done to or is about, A2 a further participant; AA, with a causative verb, the one who makes it happen. ## Targum Jonathan {#onkelos} וַאֲמַרוּ לְהוֹן רַבְרְבַיָא יֵיחוֹן וַהֲווֹ מְלַקְטֵי אָעִין וּמְלָן מַיָא לְכָל כְּנִשְׁתָּא כְּמָא דְמַלִילוּ לְהוֹן רַבְרְבַיָא: The Aramaic translation read beside the Hebrew. Text only: Mova has no Aramaic parser yet. ## English, JPS 1917 {#english} Each sentence on its own page, with its tree and pragmatics. A sentence that runs on into the next verse is listed under the verse it begins in. 1. [And the princes said concerning them: 'Let them live'; so they became hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation, as the princes had spoken concerning them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.214/) **Hebrew text:** Westminster Leningrad Codex, public domain. **Tree, glosses and frames:** MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets, available at [github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-hebrew](https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-hebrew/), [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); converted to Universal Dependencies by Mova (words in text order, a prefix its own word). **Speech act:** Mova's rules on the MACULA words (`macula prag`). **Targum:** Onkelos (Torat Emet), Jonathan and the Writings (Mikraot Gedolot), from Sefaria, public domain. **English:** JPS 1917, public domain; trees and speech acts by Mova's cycle, frames by Mova's reader (Elamur Cosmic License). 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