--- title: Joshua 7:24 (JPS 1917) — And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, an… · tree and pragmatics description: And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the mantle, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had; and they brought them up unto the valley of Achor. 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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, mantle), 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:152 # text = And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the mantle, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had; and they brought them up unto the valley of Achor. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 2 Joshua Joshua PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 10 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 Achan Achan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Zerah Zerah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 mantle mantle NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 wedge wedge NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 oxen ox NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 asses ass NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 11 conj _ _ 57 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 59 obj _ _ 58 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 59 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 acl:relcl _ _ 60 ; ; PUNCT : _ 63 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 62 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 63 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 64 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 obj _ _ 65 up up ADP RP _ 63 compound:prt _ _ 66 unto unto ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 valley valley NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ _ 69 of of ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 70 Achor Achor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 68 nmod _ _ 71 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=narrate | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | Joshua and all Israel with Israel | | Achan and the silver and the mantle and the wedge of gold and Joshua's sons and Joshua's daughters and Joshua's oxen and Joshua's asses and Joshua's sheep and Joshua's tent | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument achan=Destination | | 2 | **have** | past | Joshua | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient | | 3 | **bring up** | past | mantle | messengers *= messenger* | | | | unto the valley of Achor | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient | 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} וַיִּקַּ֣ח יְהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ אֶת־עָכָ֣ן בֶּן־זֶ֡רַח וְאֶת־הַכֶּ֣סֶף וְאֶת־הָאַדֶּ֣רֶת וְֽאֶת־לְשׁ֣וֹן הַזָּהָ֡ב וְֽאֶת־בָּנָ֡יו וְֽאֶת־בְּנֹתָ֡יו וְאֶת־שׁוֹרוֹ֩ וְאֶת־חֲמֹר֨וֹ וְאֶת־צֹאנ֤וֹ וְאֶֽת־אָהֳלוֹ֙ וְאֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־ל֔וֹ וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עִמּ֑וֹ וַיַּעֲל֥וּ אֹתָ֖ם עֵ֥מֶק עָכֽוֹר׃ [Joshua 7:24: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.7.24/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOS:152` 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 7:23 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.151/) - next →: [Joshua 7:25 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.153/) - ↑ back to [Joshua 7:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.7.24/)