--- title: Joshua 10:37 (JPS 1917) — And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the k… · tree and pragmatics description: And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but he utterly destroyed it, and all the souls that were therein. 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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 (people, souls, Joshua), 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:259 # text = And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but he utterly destroyed it, and all the souls that were therein. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 smote smote VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 19 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 24 det:predet _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 cities city NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ 25 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 30 det:predet _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 souls soul NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ 31 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 32 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 33 therein therein ADV RB _ 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 37 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 36 obj _ _ 38 remaining remain VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 acl _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 case _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 40 fixed _ _ 42 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 36 obl _ _ 43 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 obj _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 42 acl:relcl _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 Eglon Eglon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 49 ; ; PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 50 but but CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 utterly utterly ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 53 destroyed destroy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 54 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ _ 55 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 57 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 59 det:predet _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 souls soul NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 conj _ _ 60 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 62 nsubj _ _ 61 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 cop _ _ 62 therein therein ADV RB _ 59 acl:relcl _ _ 63 . . 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 | **take** | past | people | death | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **smote** | past | people *not said here* | death | | | | with the edge of the sword | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | all souls | | | | | therein *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **leave** | past | Joshua | none | | | | accord all | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent none=Theme | | 5 | **remain** | gerund | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **do** | past · perfect | Joshua | | Eglon | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 8 | **destroy** | past | Joshua | death | | | | utterly *property* | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 9 | **is** | past | all souls | | | | | therein *property* | 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} וַיִּלְכְּד֣וּהָ וַיַּכּֽוּהָ־לְפִי־חֶ֠רֶב וְאֶת־מַלְכָּ֨הּ וְאֶת־כָּל־עָרֶ֜יהָ וְאֶת־כָּל־הַנֶּ֤פֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר־בָּהּ֙ לֹֽא־הִשְׁאִ֣יר שָׂרִ֔יד כְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֖ה לְעֶגְל֑וֹן וַיַּחֲרֵ֣ם אוֹתָ֔הּ וְאֶת־כָּל־הַנֶּ֖פֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר־בָּֽהּ׃ס [Joshua 10:37: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.10.37/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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