--- title: Joshua 1:17 (JPS 1917) — According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we heark… · tree and pragmatics description: According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee; only the LORD thy God be with thee, as He was with Moses. Who acts: we, LORD. 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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 (we, LORD), 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:17 # text = According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee; only the LORD thy God be with thee, as He was with Moses. 1 According accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 nsubj _ _ 4 hearkened hearken VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 9 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 12 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 hearken hearken VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 15 unto unto ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 obl _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 18 only only ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 21 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 appos _ _ 23 be be AUX VB Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 parataxis _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 advcl _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: suggest - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accord** | gerund | we | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **hearken** | past | we *not said here* | | | all things | | unto Moses | tree rules | | 3 | **hearken** | future | we | | | | | unto thee | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | infinitive | the LORD | | | | | with thee | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | LORD | | | | | with Moses | tree rules | 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} כְּכֹ֤ל אֲשֶׁר־שָׁמַ֙עְנוּ֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה כֵּ֖ן נִשְׁמַ֣ע אֵלֶ֑יךָ רַ֠ק יִֽהְיֶ֞ה יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ עִמָּ֔ךְ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר הָיָ֖ה עִם־מֹשֶֽׁה׃ [Joshua 1:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.1.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOS:17` 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 1:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.16/) - next →: [Joshua 1:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.18/) - ↑ back to [Joshua 1:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.1.17/)