--- title: Joshua 11:11 (JPS 1917) — And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the… · tree and pragmatics description: And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them; there was none left that breathed; and he burnt Hazor with fire. Who acts: kingdoms, souls, none, Joshua. 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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 (kingdoms, souls, none, 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:276 # text = And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them; there was none left that breathed; and he burnt Hazor with fire. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 smote smite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 det:predet _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 souls soul NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 therein therein ADV RB _ 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 utterly utterly ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 destroying destroy VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 21 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 22 expl _ _ 22 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 23 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 22 nsubj _ _ 24 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl _ _ 25 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 breathed breathe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 burnt burn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 31 Hazor Hazor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 . . 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 | **smite** | past | kingdoms *= kingdom* | all souls | | | | with the edge of the sword | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent soul=Patient with edge=Instrument | | 2 | **is** | past | all souls | | | | | therein *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **destroy** | gerund | kingdoms *= kingdom* *not said here* | kingdoms *= kingdom* | | | | utterly *property* | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 4 | **be** | past | none | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **leave** | participle | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **breathe** | past | | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **burn** | past | Joshua | Hazor | | | | with fire | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent hazor=Patient with fire=Instrument | 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} וַ֠יַּכּוּ אֶת־כָּל־הַנֶּ֨פֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֤הּ לְפִי־חֶ֙רֶב֙ הַֽחֲרֵ֔ם לֹ֥א נוֹתַ֖ר כָּל־נְשָׁמָ֑ה וְאֶת־חָצ֖וֹר שָׂרַ֥ף בָּאֵֽשׁ׃ [Joshua 11:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.11.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOS:276` 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 11:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.275/) - next →: [Joshua 11:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.277/) - ↑ back to [Joshua 11:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.11.11/)