--- title: Joshua 7:15 (JPS 1917) — And it shall be that he that is taken with the devoted thing shall b… · tree and pragmatics description: And it shall be that he that is taken with the devoted thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath; because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought a wanton deed in Israel.' Who acts: 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 (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:142 # text = And it shall be that he that is taken with the devoted thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath; because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought a wanton deed in Israel.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 expl _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 devoted devoted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 burnt burnt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 csubj _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 conj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 conj _ _ 23 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 obj _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 hath have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 27 because because SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 transgressed transgress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 because because SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 wrought wrought VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 conj _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 wanton wanton ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 deed deed NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 48 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | present · passive | | | | | | with the devoted thing | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **burnt** | shall · passive | | LORD | | | | with fire | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | present | LORD | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient | | 4 | **transgress** | present · perfect | LORD | the covenant of the LORD | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **wrought** | present · perfect | LORD | a wanton deed | | Israel | | | tree rules | | 6 | **covenant** | | the LORD | | | | | | nom covenant «communication intransitive»: of=agent | 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} וְהָיָה֙ הַנִּלְכָּ֣ד בַּחֵ֔רֶם יִשָּׂרֵ֣ף בָּאֵ֔שׁ אֹת֖וֹ וְאֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־ל֑וֹ כִּ֤י עָבַר֙ אֶת־בְּרִ֣ית יְהוָ֔ה וְכִֽי־עָשָׂ֥ה נְבָלָ֖ה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ [Joshua 7:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.7.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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