--- title: Joshua 6:5 (JPS 1917) — And it shall be, that when they make a long blast with the ram's hor… · tree and pragmatics description: And it shall be, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the horn, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall go up every man straight before him.' 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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 (priests, ye, people, wall), 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:104 # text = And it shall be, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the horn, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall go up every man straight before him.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 expl _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 7 when when SCONJ WRB _ 9 mark _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 blast blast NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 ram ram NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 's 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 horn horn NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 20 when when SCONJ WRB _ 22 mark _ _ 21 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 nsubj _ _ 22 hear hear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 horn horn NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 29 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 31 det:predet _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 shout shout VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 shout shout NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 47 down down ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 48 flat flat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 xcomp _ _ 49 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 nsubj _ _ 53 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 conj _ _ 55 up up ADP RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 56 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 57 det _ _ 57 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 58 straight straight ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ _ 59 before before ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obl _ _ 61 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 62 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | shall | | city | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | present | priests *= priest* | a long blast | | | | with the ram's horn | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset blast=Product | | 3 | **hear** | present | ye | the sound of the horn | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer sound=Stimulus | | 4 | **shout** *speech: express* | shall | all people | | | | | with a great shout | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **fall down** | shall | the wall of the city | | | | | down, flat *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **go up** | shall | the people | every man | | | before wall | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient man=Extent | 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} וְהָיָ֞ה בִּמְשֹׁ֣ךְ ׀ בְּקֶ֣רֶן הַיּוֹבֵ֗ל כְּשָׁמְעֲכֶם֙ אֶת־ק֣וֹל הַשּׁוֹפָ֔ר יָרִ֥יעוּ כָל־הָעָ֖ם תְּרוּעָ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֑ה וְנָ֨פְלָ֜ה חוֹמַ֤ת הָעִיר֙ תַּחְתֶּ֔יהָ וְעָל֥וּ הָעָ֖ם אִ֥ישׁ נֶגְדּֽוֹ׃ [Joshua 6:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.6.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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