--- title: Joshua 7:13 (JPS 1917) — Up, sanctify the people, and say: Sanctify yourselves against tomorr… · tree and pragmatics description: Up, sanctify the people, and say: Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow; for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: There is a curse in the midst of thee, O Israel; thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you. Who acts: you, LORD, curse, thou. 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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 (you, LORD, curse, thou), 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:140 # text = Up, sanctify the people, and say: Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow; for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: There is a curse in the midst of thee, O Israel; thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you. 1 Up up ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 sanctify sanctify VERB VB Mood=Imp|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 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 10 Sanctify Sanctify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 11 yourselves yourselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 10 obj _ _ 12 against against ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 tomorrow tomorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 15 for for SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 thus thus ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 appos _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 25 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 26 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 27 expl _ _ 27 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 ccomp _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 curse curse NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 nmod _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 O o INTJ UH _ 37 discourse _ _ 37 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 appos _ _ 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 39 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 42 nsubj _ _ 40 canst can AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 43 before before ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 until until SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 48 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 49 nsubj _ _ 49 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 50 away away ADP RP _ 49 compound:prt _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 accursed accurs VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 53 amod _ _ 53 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 54 from from ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 among among ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ _ 57 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: other - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=other | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sanctify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the people | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **sanctify** | infinitive | | yourselves | | | tomorrow | | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **be** | present | a curse in the midst of thee | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **not** **stand** | can | thou | | | thine enemies | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before enemy=Location | | 7 | **take away** | present | ye | the accursed thing | | | | from you | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme from you=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **accurs** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | 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} קֻ֚ם קַדֵּ֣שׁ אֶת־הָעָ֔ם וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ הִתְקַדְּשׁ֣וּ לְמָחָ֑ר כִּ֣י כֹה֩ אָמַ֨ר יְהוָ֜ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל חֵ֤רֶם בְּקִרְבְּךָ֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֣א תוּכַ֗ל לָקוּם֙ לִפְנֵ֣י אֹיְבֶ֔יךָ עַד־הֲסִירְכֶ֥ם הַחֵ֖רֶם מִֽקִּרְבְּכֶֽם׃ [Joshua 7:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.7.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOS:140` 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 7:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.139/) - next →: [Joshua 7:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.141/) - ↑ back to [Joshua 7:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.7.13/)