--- title: Joshua 6:26 (JPS 1917) — And Joshua charged the people with an oath at that time, saying: 'Cu… · tree and pragmatics description: And Joshua charged the people with an oath at that time, saying: 'Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city, even Jericho; with the loss of his first-born shall he lay the foundation thereof, and with the loss of his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.' 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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 (Joshua, man), 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:126 # text = And Joshua charged the people with an oath at that time, saying: 'Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city, even Jericho; with the loss of his first-born shall he lay the foundation thereof, and with the loss of his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Joshua Joshua PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 charged charge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 oath oath NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 11 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 14 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 15 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ _ 16 Cursed curse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 ccomp _ _ 17 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux:pass _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 before before ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 25 riseth rise VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 26 up up ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 buildeth build VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 29 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 det _ _ 30 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 even even ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 Jericho Jericho PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 appos _ _ 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 40 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 42 amod _ _ 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ _ 42 born born NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 43 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 parataxis _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 foundation foundation NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 49 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 51 with with ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 55 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 56 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 57 amod _ _ 57 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ _ 58 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 59 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 60 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 conj _ _ 61 up up ADP RP _ 60 compound:prt _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 obj _ _ 64 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nmod _ _ 66 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ 67 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **charge** | past | Joshua | | the people | | time | with a oath | vn equip-13.4.2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent people=Recipient with oath=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Joshua *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **curse** | infinitive · passive | | the man | | | before the LORD | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **rise up** | present | the man | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **build** | present | the man *not said here* | this city | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset city=Product | | 6 | **lay** | shall | Joshua | the foundation | | | | with the loss of Joshua's first born; thereof *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foundation=Result | | 7 | **set up** | shall | Joshua | the gates of city | | | | with the loss of Joshua's youngest son | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent gate=Patient with loss=Instrument | 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} וַיַּשְׁבַּ֣ע יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ בָּעֵ֥ת הַהִ֖יא לֵאמֹ֑ר אָר֨וּר הָאִ֜ישׁ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר יָקוּם֙ וּבָנָ֞ה אֶת־הָעִ֤יר הַזֹּאת֙ אֶת־יְרִיח֔וֹ בִּבְכֹר֣וֹ יְיַסְּדֶ֔נָּה וּבִצְעִיר֖וֹ יַצִּ֥יב דְּלָתֶֽיהָ׃ [Joshua 6:26: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.6.26/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOS:126` 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 6:25 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.125/) - next →: [Joshua 6:27 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.127/) - ↑ back to [Joshua 6:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.6.26/)