--- title: Joshua 8:33 (JPS 1917) — And all Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges, sto… · tree and pragmatics description: And all Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger as the home-born; half of them in front of mount Gerizim and half of them in front of mount --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.188/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Joshua](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS/) / [chapter 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS/8/) / [8:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.8.33/) / JPS 1 # Joshua 8:33 · JPS 1917 And all Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger as the home-born; half of them in front of mount Gerizim and half of them in front of mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded at the first, that they should bless the people of Israel. **Who acts:** Israel, priests, Moses, children, LORD · **What happens:** stand, bear, command, bless, covenant · **To what, where:** side, ark, first, people · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Joshua 8:33 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (Israel, priests, Moses, children), 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:188 # text = And all Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger as the home-born; half of them in front of mount Gerizim and half of them in front of mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded at the first, that they should bless the people of Israel. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 2 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 det _ _ 3 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 elders elder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 officers officer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 judges judge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 15 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 det _ _ 18 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 ark ark NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 det _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 24 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 25 before before ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Levites levite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 27 appos _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 bore bear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 ark ark NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 as as ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 45 cc _ _ 43 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 42 fixed _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ _ 46 as as ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 48 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 compound _ _ 49 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 48 punct _ _ 50 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 nmod _ _ 51 ; ; PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 52 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 15 parataxis _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nmod _ _ 55 in in ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 mount mount NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod _ _ 59 Gerizim Gerizim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 flat _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 61 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 59 conj _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nmod _ _ 64 in in ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nmod _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 67 mount mount NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nmod _ _ 68 Ebal Ebal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 67 flat _ _ 69 ; ; PUNCT : _ 78 punct _ _ 70 as as SCONJ IN _ 78 mark _ _ 71 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 78 nsubj _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 73 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 appos _ _ 74 of of ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 75 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 76 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 73 nmod _ _ 77 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 78 aux _ _ 78 commanded command VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 advcl _ _ 79 at at ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 80 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 81 det _ _ 81 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 78 obl _ _ 82 , , PUNCT , _ 78 punct _ _ 83 that that SCONJ IN _ 86 mark _ _ 84 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 86 nsubj _ _ 85 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 86 aux _ _ 86 bless bless VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 78 advcl _ _ 87 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 88 det _ _ 88 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 86 obj _ _ 89 of of ADP IN _ 90 case _ _ 90 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 88 nmod _ _ 91 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | all Israel and children's elders and officers and children's judges | | | this side and that side | before the priests | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on side=Location | | 2 | **bear** | past | the priests | the ark of the covenant of the LORD as the stranger | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ark=Patient | | 3 | **bear** | participle | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **command** | past · perfect | Moses | | | the first | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: agent=Agent at first=Eventuality | | 5 | **bless** | should | children *= child* | the people of Israel | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme | | 6 | **covenant** | | the LORD | | | | | | nom covenant «communication intransitive»: of=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} וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֡ל וּזְקֵנָ֡יו וְשֹׁטְרִ֣ים ׀ וְשֹׁפְטָ֡יו עֹמְדִ֣ים מִזֶּ֣ה ׀ וּמִזֶּ֣ה ׀ לָאָר֡וֹן נֶגֶד֩ הַכֹּהֲנִ֨ים הַלְוִיִּ֜ם נֹשְׂאֵ֣י ׀ אֲר֣וֹן בְּרִית־יְהוָ֗ה כַּגֵּר֙ כָּֽאֶזְרָ֔ח חֶצְיוֹ֙ אֶל־מ֣וּל הַר־גְּרִזִ֔ים וְהַֽחֶצְי֖וֹ אֶל־מ֣וּל הַר־עֵיבָ֑ל כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר צִוָּ֜ה מֹשֶׁ֣ה עֶֽבֶד־יְהוָ֗ה לְבָרֵ֛ךְ אֶת־הָעָ֥ם יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בָּרִאשֹׁנָֽה׃ [Joshua 8:33: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.8.33/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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