--- title: Joshua 1:18 (JPS 1917) — Whosoever he be that shall rebel against thy commandment, and shall… · tree and pragmatics description: Whosoever he be that shall rebel against thy commandment, and shall not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death; only be strong and of good courage.' Who acts: LORD, thou, thy. 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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, thou, thy), 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:18 # text = Whosoever he be that shall rebel against thy commandment, and shall not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death; only be strong and of good courage.' 1 Whosoever whosoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 dislocated _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 nsubj _ _ 3 be be AUX VB Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 rebel rebel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 acl:relcl _ _ 7 against against ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 commandment commandment NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 hearken hearken VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 15 unto unto ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 14 obl _ _ 20 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 obj _ _ 21 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 nsubj _ _ 22 commandest command VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 32 only only ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 33 be be AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 34 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 parataxis _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 courage courage NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ _ 40 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | infinitive | LORD | Whosoever | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **rebel** | shall | | | | | | against thy commandment | vn rebel-71.2-1 «NP V PP.maleficiary»: agent=Agent against commandment=Maleficiary | | 3 | **not** **hearken** | shall | | | | all | | unto thy words | tree rules | | 4 | **command** | present | thou | LORD | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **put** | shall · passive | | LORD | | | | to death | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | | 6 | **is** | infinitive | | | | | | strong *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **command** | | thy | | | | | | nom commandment «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **word** | | thy | | | | | | nom word «communication 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} כָּל־אִ֞ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־יַמְרֶ֣ה אֶת־פִּ֗יךָ וְלֹֽא־יִשְׁמַ֧ע אֶת־דְּבָרֶ֛יךָ לְכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־תְּצַוֶּ֖נּוּ יוּמָ֑ת רַ֖ק חֲזַ֥ק וֶאֱמָֽץ׃פ [Joshua 1:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.1.18/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOS:18` 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 1:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.17/) - next →: [Joshua 2:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.19/) - ↑ back to [Joshua 1:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.1.18/)