--- title: Joshua 6:13 (JPS 1917) — And the seven priests bearing the seven rams' horns before the ark o… · tree and pragmatics description: And the seven priests bearing the seven rams' horns before the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the horns; and the armed men went before them; and the rearward came after the ark of the LORD, the priests blowing with the horns continually. 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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 (seven priests, armed men, rearward, 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:112 # text = And the seven priests bearing the seven rams' horns before the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the horns; and the armed men went before them; and the rearward came after the ark of the LORD, the priests blowing with the horns continually. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 5 bearing bear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 rams ram NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 ' 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 horns horn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 11 before before ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 ark ark NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 on on ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 continually continually ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 blew blow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 horns horn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 armed armed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 31 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 32 before before ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ _ 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 rearward rearward NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 39 after after ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 ark ark NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 appos _ _ 48 blowing blow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 47 acl _ _ 49 with with ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 horns horn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ _ 52 continually continually ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 53 . . PUNCT . _ 17 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 | **bear** | gerund | the seven priests *not said here* | the seven rams's horns | | | before the ark of the LORD | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horn=Patient | | 2 | **go on** | past | the seven priests | | | | | continually *property* | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **blow** | past | the seven priests *not said here* | | | | | with the horns | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»: with horn=Theme | | 4 | **go** | past | the armed men | | | | before priests *= priest* | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before they=Location | | 5 | **come** | past | the rearward | | | | after the ark of the LORD | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **blow** | gerund | the priests *not said here* | | | | | with the horns; continually *property* | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»: with horn=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} וְשִׁבְעָ֣ה הַכֹּהֲנִ֡ים נֹשְׂאִים֩ שִׁבְעָ֨ה שׁוֹפְר֜וֹת הַיֹּבְלִ֗ים לִפְנֵי֙ אֲר֣וֹן יְהוָ֔ה הֹלְכִ֣ים הָל֔וֹךְ וְתָקְע֖וּ בַּשּׁוֹפָר֑וֹת וְהֶחָלוּץ֙ הֹלֵ֣ךְ לִפְנֵיהֶ֔ם וְהַֽמְאַסֵּ֗ף הֹלֵךְ֙ אַֽחֲרֵי֙ אֲר֣וֹן יְהוָ֔ה הָל֖וֹךְ וְתָק֥וֹעַ בַּשּׁוֹפָרֽוֹת׃ [Joshua 6:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.6.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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