--- title: Joshua 8:9 (JPS 1917) — And Joshua sent them forth; and they went to the ambushment, and abo… · tree and pragmatics description: And Joshua sent them forth; and they went to the ambushment, and abode between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of Ai; but Joshua lodged that night among the people. Who acts: Joshua, people. 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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, people), 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:164 # text = And Joshua sent them forth; and they went to the ambushment, and abode between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of Ai; but Joshua lodged that night among the people. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Joshua Joshua PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 forth forth ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 6 ; ; PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 ambushment ambushment NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 abode abide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 16 between between ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 Beth Beth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ _ 19 el Beth-el PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 Ai Ai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 west west ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Ai Ai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 Joshua Joshua PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 lodged lodge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 33 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 34 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl:unmarked _ _ 35 among among ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | **send** | past | Joshua | people | | | | forth *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 2 | **go** | past | people | | | the ambushment | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to ambushment=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **abide** | past | people *not said here* | | | the west side of Ai | | between Beth el and Ai | tree rules | | 4 | **lodge** | past | Joshua | | | | night | among the people | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent among people=Destination | 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} וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֣ם יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַ וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ אֶל־הַמַּאְרָ֔ב וַיֵּשְׁב֗וּ בֵּ֧ין בֵּֽית־אֵ֛לבֵּֽית־אֵ֛ל וּבֵ֥ין הָעַ֖י מִיָּ֣ם לָעָ֑י וַיָּ֧לֶן יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ בַּלַּ֥יְלָה הַה֖וּא בְּת֥וֹךְ הָעָֽם׃ [Joshua 8:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.8.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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