--- title: Joshua 8:8 (JPS 1917) — And it shall be, when ye have seized upon the city, that ye shall se… · tree and pragmatics description: And it shall be, when ye have seized upon the city, that ye shall set the city on fire; according to the word of the LORD shall ye do; see, I have commanded you.' Who acts: ye, I. 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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 (ye, 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:163 # text = And it shall be, when ye have seized upon the city, that ye shall set the city on fire; according to the word of the LORD shall ye do; see, I have commanded you.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 when when SCONJ WRB _ 9 mark _ _ 7 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 nsubj _ _ 8 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 seized seize VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 10 upon upon ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 nsubj _ _ 16 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 23 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 case _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 23 fixed _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 nsubj _ _ 32 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 34 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 commanded command VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 parataxis _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 41 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: other - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=other, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seize** | present · perfect | ye | | | | | upon the city | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **set** | shall | ye | the city | | fire | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent city=Theme on fire=Destination | | 3 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **do** | shall | ye | | | | | accord the word of the LORD | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **see** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **command** | present · perfect | I | you | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 7 | **word** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=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} וְהָיָ֞ה כְּתָפְשְׂכֶ֣ם אֶת־הָעִ֗יר תַּצִּ֤יתוּ אֶת־הָעִיר֙ בָּאֵ֔שׁ כִּדְבַ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה תַּעֲשׂ֑וּ רְא֖וּ צִוִּ֥יתִי אֶתְכֶֽם׃ [Joshua 8:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.8.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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