--- title: Judges 2:7 (JPS 1917) — And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the d… · tree and pragmatics description: And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of the LORD, that He had wrought for Israel. Who acts: people, elders, Joshua, LORD. 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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 (people, elders, Joshua, LORD), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = jps:JDG:44 # text = And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of the LORD, that He had wrought for Israel. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 served serve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Joshua Joshua PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 16 det:predet _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 elders elder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ _ 20 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 outlived outlive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 22 Joshua Joshua PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 acl:relcl _ _ 27 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 30 det:predet _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 obj _ _ 36 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 wrought wrought VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 acl:relcl _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **serve** | past | the people | the LORD | | | day | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Attribute | | 2 | **outlive** | past | the elders | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | past · perfect | Joshua | all great work of the LORD | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer work=Stimulus | | 4 | **wrought** | past · perfect | Joshua | all great work of the LORD | | | | for Israel | tree rules | | 5 | **work** | | the LORD | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: of=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 {#hebrew} וַיַּעַבְד֤וּ הָעָם֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה כֹּ֖ל יְמֵ֣י יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ וְכֹ֣ל ׀ יְמֵ֣י הַזְּקֵנִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֶאֱרִ֤יכוּ יָמִים֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י יְהוֹשׁ֔וּעַ אֲשֶׁ֣ר רָא֗וּ אֵ֣ת כָּל־מַעֲשֵׂ֤ה יְהוָה֙ הַגָּד֔וֹל אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָׂ֖ה לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ [Judges 2:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.2.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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