--- title: Joshua 6:16 (JPS 1917) — And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with… · tree and pragmatics description: And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the horns, that Joshua said unto the people: 'Shout; for the LORD hath given you the city. Who acts: city, priests, Joshua, 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 (city, priests, Joshua, 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:115 # text = And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the horns, that Joshua said unto the people: 'Shout; for the LORD hath given you the city. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 seventh seventh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 when when SCONJ WRB _ 14 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 14 blew blow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 horns horn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 Joshua Joshua PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 22 unto unto ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 25 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 26 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ _ 27 Shout shout VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 29 for for SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 32 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 advcl _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 iobj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | **come** | past | city | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | city *not said here* | | | | time | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **blow** | past | the priests | | | | | with the horns | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»: with horn=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Joshua | | | | | unto the people | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **shout** *speech: express* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **give** | present · perfect | the LORD | the city | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient city=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} וַיְהִי֙ בַּפַּ֣עַם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔ית תָּקְע֥וּ הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים בַּשּׁוֹפָר֑וֹת וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוֹשֻׁ֤עַ אֶל־הָעָם֙ הָרִ֔יעוּ כִּֽי־נָתַ֧ן יְהוָ֛ה לָכֶ֖ם אֶת־הָעִֽיר׃ [Joshua 6:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.6.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOS:115` 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 6:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.114/) - next →: [Joshua 6:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.116/) - ↑ back to [Joshua 6:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.6.16/)