--- title: Joshua 6:25 (JPS 1917) — But Rahab the harlot, and her father's household, and all that she h… · tree and pragmatics description: But Rahab the harlot, and her father's household, and all that she had, did Joshua save alive; and she dwelt in the midst of Israel, unto this day; because she hid the messengers, whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. Who acts: Rahab, Joshua. 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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, Joshua), 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:125 # text = But Rahab the harlot, and her father's household, and all that she had, did Joshua save alive; and she dwelt in the midst of Israel, unto this day; because she hid the messengers, whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 2 Rahab Rahab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 harlot harlot NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 household household NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 all all PRON DT PronType=Tot 2 conj _ _ 14 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 obj _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 18 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 Joshua Joshua PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 21 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 xcomp _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 dwelt dwell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 unto unto ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 34 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 36 because because SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 messengers messenger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 44 obj _ _ 43 Joshua Joshua PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 spy spy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 advcl _ _ 47 out out ADP RP _ 46 compound:prt _ _ 48 Jericho Jericho PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Rahab | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient | | 2 | **save** | past · do-support | Rahab and Rahab's father's household | | | | | alive *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **dwell** | past | Rahab | | | the midst of Israel | day | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in midst=Location | | 4 | **hide** | past | Rahab | the messengers | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent messenger=Patient | | 5 | **send** | past | Joshua | the messengers | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Theme | | 6 | **spy out** | to-infinitive | Joshua *not said here* | Jericho | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer jericho=Stimulus | 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} וְֽאֶת־רָחָ֣ב הַ֠זּוֹנָה וְאֶת־בֵּ֨ית אָבִ֤יהָ וְאֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־לָהּ֙ הֶחֱיָ֣ה יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ וַתֵּ֙שֶׁב֙ בְּקֶ֣רֶב יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל עַ֖ד הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה כִּ֤י הֶחְבִּ֙יאָה֙ אֶת־הַמַּלְאָכִ֔ים אֲשֶׁר־שָׁלַ֥ח יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ לְרַגֵּ֥ל אֶת־יְרִיחֽוֹ׃פ [Joshua 6:25: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.6.25/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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