--- title: Joshua 1:2 (JPS 1917) — 'Moses My servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan,… · tree and pragmatics description: 'Moses My servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel. Who acts: servant, I. 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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 (servant, 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = jps:JOS:1 # text = 'Moses My servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel. 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ _ 2 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 4 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 8 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 9 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 arise arise VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 13 over over ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 15 Jordan Jordan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 conj _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 22 det:predet _ _ 21 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 det _ _ 22 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 conj _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 unto unto ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 obj _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 acl:relcl _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 even even ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | My Moses's servant | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **arise** | infinitive | | | | | now | therefore *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **go** | infinitive | | | | this Jordan and all people | | unto the land | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme over jordan=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **give** | present · do-support | I | the land | people | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent which=Theme to they=Recipient | 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} מֹשֶׁ֥ה עַבְדִּ֖י מֵ֑ת וְעַתָּה֩ ק֨וּם עֲבֹ֜ר אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּ֣ן הַזֶּ֗ה אַתָּה֙ וְכָל־הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה אֶל־הָאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֧ר אָנֹכִ֛י נֹתֵ֥ן לָהֶ֖ם לִבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ [Joshua 1:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.1.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOS:1` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Joshua 1:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.0/) - next →: [Joshua 1:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.2/) - ↑ back to [Joshua 1:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.1.2/)