--- title: Joshua 2:3 (JPS 1917) — And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying: 'Bring forth the me… · tree and pragmatics description: And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying: 'Bring forth the men that are come to thee, that are entered into thy house; for they are come to search out all the land.' Who acts: king, men. 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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 (king, men), 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:21 # text = And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying: 'Bring forth the men that are come to thee, that are entered into thy house; for they are come to search out all the land.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Jericho Jericho PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 unto unto ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Rahab Rahab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 11 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 12 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ _ 13 Bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 14 forth forth ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 17 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 18 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl:relcl _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 obl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 entered enter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 conj _ _ 26 into into ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 30 for for SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 advcl _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 search search VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 out out ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ _ 37 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 39 det:predet _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ 41 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | the king of Jericho | | | | | unto Rahab | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the king of Jericho *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **bring** | infinitive | | | the men | | | forth *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument man=Destination | | 4 | **come** | present · passive | the men | | | thee | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to thou=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **enter** | present · passive | | that | | thy house | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination | | 6 | **come** | present · passive | men *= man* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **search out** | to-infinitive | men *= man* *not said here* | all land | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent land=Location | 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} וַיִּשְׁלַח֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְרִיח֔וֹ אֶל־רָחָ֖ב לֵאמֹ֑ר ה֠וֹצִיאִי הָאֲנָשִׁ֨ים הַבָּאִ֤ים אֵלַ֙יִךְ֙ אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֣אוּ לְבֵיתֵ֔ךְ כִּ֛י לַחְפֹּ֥ר אֶת־כָּל־הָאָ֖רֶץ בָּֽאוּ׃ [Joshua 2:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.2.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOS:21` 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 2:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.20/) - next →: [Joshua 2:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.22/) - ↑ back to [Joshua 2:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.2.3/)