--- title: Joshua 1:11 (JPS 1917) — 'Pass through the midst of the camp, and command the people, saying:… · tree and pragmatics description: 'Pass through the midst of the camp, and command the people, saying: Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye are to pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it.' Who acts: you, ye, 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 (you, ye, 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:JOS:11 # text = 'Pass through the midst of the camp, and command the people, saying: Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye are to pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it.' 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ _ 2 Pass pass VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 through through ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 command command VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 16 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 17 Prepare prepare VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 iobj _ _ 19 victuals victual NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 28 mark _ _ 22 within within ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 24 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 25 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 nsubj _ _ 26 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 parataxis _ _ 29 over over ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 det _ _ 31 Jordan Jordan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 35 in in ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 possess possess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 obj _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 44 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 appos _ _ 46 giveth give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 iobj _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 possess possess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 52 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 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 | **pass** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | the midst of the camp | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through midst=Location | | 2 | **command** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the people | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent people=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **prepare** | infinitive | | victuals | you | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary victual=Product | | 5 | **pass** | present | ye | | | this Jordan | day | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme over jordan=Location | | 6 | **go in** | to-infinitive | ye *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **possess** | to-infinitive | ye *not said here* | the land | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot land=Theme | | 8 | **give** | present | the LORD | the land | you | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **possess** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | land | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | 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} עִבְר֣וּ ׀ בְּקֶ֣רֶב הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֗ה וְצַוּ֤וּ אֶת־הָעָם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר הָכִ֥ינוּ לָכֶ֖ם צֵידָ֑ה כִּ֞י בְּע֣וֹד ׀ שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת יָמִ֗ים אַתֶּם֙ עֹֽבְרִים֙ אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּ֣ן הַזֶּ֔ה לָבוֹא֙ לָרֶ֣שֶׁת אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁר֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם נֹתֵ֥ן לָכֶ֖ם לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃ס [Joshua 1:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.1.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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