--- title: Joshua 6:6 (JPS 1917) — And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them: 'T… · tree and pragmatics description: And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them: 'Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven rams' horns before the ark of the LORD.' Who acts: Joshua, seven priests. 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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 (Joshua, seven priests), 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:105 # text = And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them: 'Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven rams' horns before the ark of the LORD.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 Joshua Joshua PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Nun Nun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 13 unto unto ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ _ 15 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 16 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ _ 17 Take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 18 up up ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 ark ark NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 27 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 28 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 29 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 30 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 31 rams ram NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 ' 's PART POS _ 31 case _ _ 33 horns horn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 34 before before ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 ark ark NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ 41 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | past | Joshua | the priests | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent priest=Recipient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Joshua *not said here* | | | | | unto priests *= priest* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **take up** | infinitive | | the ark of the covenant | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ark=Theme | | 4 | **let** | infinitive | | seven priests | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **bear** | infinitive | seven priests *not said here* | seven rams's horns | | | before the ark of the LORD | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horn=Patient | 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} וַיִּקְרָ֞א יְהוֹשֻׁ֤עַ בִּן־נוּן֙ אֶל־הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֔ם שְׂא֖וּ אֶת־אֲר֣וֹן הַבְּרִ֑ית וְשִׁבְעָ֣ה כֹֽהֲנִ֗ים יִשְׂאוּ֙ שִׁבְעָ֤ה שֽׁוֹפְרוֹת֙ יוֹבְלִ֔ים לִפְנֵ֖י אֲר֥וֹן יְהוָֽה׃ [Joshua 6:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.6.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOS:105` 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 6:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.104/) - next →: [Joshua 6:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.106/) - ↑ back to [Joshua 6:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.6.6/)