--- title: Joshua 1:15 (JPS 1917) — until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as unto you, and they… · tree and pragmatics description: until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as unto you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them; then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and possess it, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising.' 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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, brethren, ye, Moses), 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:15 # text = until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as unto you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them; then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and possess it, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising.' 1 until until SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 6 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 brethren brethren NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 iobj _ _ 8 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 as as ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 unto unto ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 also also ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 17 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 possessed possess VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 obj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 24 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 appos _ _ 26 giveth give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 iobj _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 29 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 30 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 nsubj _ _ 31 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 33 unto unto ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 possess possess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 44 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 51 obj _ _ 45 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 appos _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 51 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 52 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 51 iobj _ _ 53 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 Jordan Jordan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 56 toward toward ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 sunrising sunrising NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 59 . . PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ _ 60 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 51 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 | **give** | present · perfect | the LORD | rest | your brethren | | | as you | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent brethren=Recipient rest=Theme | | 2 | **possess** | present · perfect | brethren | the land | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot land=Theme | | 3 | **give** | present | the LORD | the land | brethren | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient which=Theme | | 4 | **return** | shall | ye | | | | then | unto the land of your possession | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **possess** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | land | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 6 | **give** | past | Moses | | you | | | beyond the Jordan; toward the sunrising | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient which=Theme | | 7 | **possess** | | your | | | | | | nom possession «act transitive»: poss=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} עַ֠ד אֲשֶׁר־יָנִ֨יחַ יְהוָ֥ה ׀ לַֽאֲחֵיכֶם֮ כָּכֶם֒ וְיָרְשׁ֣וּ גַם־הֵ֔מָּה אֶת־הָאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֖ם נֹתֵ֣ן לָהֶ֑ם וְשַׁבְתֶּ֞ם לְאֶ֤רֶץ יְרֻשַּׁתְכֶם֙ וִֽירִשְׁתֶּ֣ם אוֹתָ֔הּ אֲשֶׁ֣ר ׀ נָתַ֣ן לָכֶ֗ם מֹשֶׁה֙ עֶ֣בֶד יְהוָ֔ה בְּעֵ֥בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ן מִזְרַ֥ח הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ [Joshua 1:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.1.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOS:15` 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 1:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.14/) - next →: [Joshua 1:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.16/) - ↑ back to [Joshua 1:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.1.15/)