--- title: Joshua 6:17 (JPS 1917) — And the city shall be devoted, even it and all that is therein, to t… · tree and pragmatics description: And the city shall be devoted, even it and all that is therein, to the LORD; only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent. Who acts: Rahab, we. 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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 (Rahab, we), 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:116 # text = And the city shall be devoted, even it and all that is therein, to the LORD; only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 devoted devote VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 even even ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 conj _ _ 12 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 therein therein ADV RB _ 11 acl:relcl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 20 only only ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 Rahab Rahab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 harlot harlot NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 appos _ _ 24 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 27 conj _ _ 30 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 31 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 acl:relcl _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 because because SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 messengers messenger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ _ 43 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 obj _ _ 44 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 46 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **devote** | shall · passive | | the city | the LORD | | | | vn dedicate-79 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme to lord=Goal | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | therein *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **live** | shall | Rahab | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** | present | | | | the house | | with Nun | tree rules | | 5 | **hide** | past | Rahab | the messengers | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent messenger=Patient | | 6 | **send** | past | we | the messengers | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=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} וְהָיְתָ֨ה הָעִ֥יר חֵ֛רֶם הִ֥יא וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֖הּ לַֽיהוָ֑ה רַק֩ רָחָ֨ב הַזּוֹנָ֜ה תִּֽחְיֶ֗ה הִ֚יא וְכָל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתָּ֣הּ בַּבַּ֔יִת כִּ֣י הֶחְבְּאַ֔תָה אֶת־הַמַּלְאָכִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁלָֽחְנוּ׃ [Joshua 6:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.6.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOS:116` 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 6:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.115/) - next →: [Joshua 6:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.117/) - ↑ back to [Joshua 6:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.6.17/)