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title: Joshua 7:21 (JPS 1917) — When I saw among the spoil a goodly Shinar mantle, and two hundred s… · tree and pragmatics
description: When I saw among the spoil a goodly Shinar mantle, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.' Who acts: I. Joshua 7:21 in JPS 1917 with i
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# Joshua 7:21 · JPS 1917

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When I saw among the spoil a goodly Shinar mantle, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.'

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**Who acts:** I · **What happens:** see, covet, take, hide · **To what, where:** goodly Shinar mantle, mantle, earth

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This is Joshua 7:21 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (I), 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:149
# text = When I saw among the spoil a goodly Shinar mantle, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.'
1	When	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	3	mark	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	advcl	_	_
4	among	among	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	spoil	spoil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	goodly	goodly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	Shinar	shinar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	mantle	mantle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
14	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	compound	_	_
15	shekels	shekel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	wedge	wedge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
25	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	26	nummod	_	_
26	shekels	shekel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	compound	_	_
27	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
29	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	31	advmod	_	_
30	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	31	nsubj	_	_
31	coveted	covet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
32	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	obj	_	_
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
35	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	conj	_	_
36	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	obj	_	_
37	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	44	punct	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
40	behold	behold	INTJ	UH	_	44	discourse	_	_
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
42	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj:pass	_	_
43	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	44	aux:pass	_	_
44	hid	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	31	conj	_	_
45	in	in	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obl	_	_
48	in	in	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	midst	midst	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obl	_	_
51	of	of	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	53	nmod:poss	_	_
53	tent	tent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	nmod	_	_
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
55	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	conj	_	_
58	under	under	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
59	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	57	nmod	_	_
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	31	punct	_	_
61	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	31	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | I | a goodly Shinar mantle and two shekels of silver and a wedge of gold of shekels weight |  |  |  | among the spoil | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mantle=Stimulus |
| 2 | **covet** | past | I | mantle |  |  | then |  | vn want-32.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot they=Theme |
| 3 | **take** | past | I *not said here* | mantle |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 4 | **hide** | present · passive |  | mantle |  | the earth and the silver under silver |  | in the midst of my tent | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient in earth=Location |

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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}

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וָאֵ֣רֶא בַשָּׁלָ֡ל אַדֶּ֣רֶת שִׁנְעָר֩ אַחַ֨ת טוֹבָ֜ה וּמָאתַ֧יִם שְׁקָלִ֣ים כֶּ֗סֶף וּלְשׁ֨וֹן זָהָ֤ב אֶחָד֙ חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים שְׁקָלִים֙ מִשְׁקָל֔וֹ וָֽאֶחְמְדֵ֖ם וָֽאֶקָּחֵ֑ם וְהִנָּ֨ם טְמוּנִ֥ים בָּאָ֛רֶץ בְּת֥וֹךְ הָאָֽהֳלִ֖י וְהַכֶּ֥סֶף תַּחְתֶּֽיהָ׃

[Joshua 7:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.7.21/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOS:149` of Mova's parse database.

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