--- title: Joshua 6:11 (JPS 1917) — So he caused the ark of the LORD to compass the city, going about it… · tree and pragmatics description: So he caused the ark of the LORD to compass the city, going about it once; and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp. Who acts: Joshua, ark, priests. Joshua 6:11 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.110/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Joshua](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS/) / [chapter 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS/6/) / [6:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.6.11/) / JPS 1 # Joshua 6:11 · JPS 1917 So he caused the ark of the LORD to compass the city, going about it once; and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp. **Who acts:** Joshua, ark, priests · **What happens:** cause, compass, go, come, lodge · **To what, where:** ark, city, camp This is Joshua 6:11 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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, ark, 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:110 # text = So he caused the ark of the LORD to compass the city, going about it once; and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 caused cause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 ark ark NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 compass compass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 15 about about ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ 17 once once ADV RB NumType=Mult 14 advmod _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 into into ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 lodged lodge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=narrate | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cause** | past | Joshua | the ark of the LORD | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **compass** | to-infinitive | the ark of the LORD *not said here* | the city | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | gerund | the ark of the LORD *not said here* | | | | | about ark; once *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme about it=Location | | 4 | **come** | past | priests *= priest* | | | the camp | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into camp=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **lodge** | past | priests *= priest* *not said here* | | | the camp | | | vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in camp=Location | 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} וַיַּסֵּ֤ב אֲרוֹן־יְהוָה֙ אֶת־הָעִ֔יר הַקֵּ֖ף פַּ֣עַם אֶחָ֑ת וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה וַיָּלִ֖ינוּ בַּֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃פ [Joshua 6:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.6.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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