--- title: Joshua 11:23 (JPS 1917) — So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD spoke… · tree and pragmatics description: So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD spoke unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. Who acts: Joshua, LORD. 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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 (Joshua, LORD), 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:288 # text = So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD spoke unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 Joshua Joshua PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 case _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 8 fixed _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 obl _ _ 11 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 obj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 15 unto unto ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 Joshua Joshua PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 inheritance inheritance NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 unto unto ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 27 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 case _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 27 fixed _ _ 29 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 divisions division NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 31 by by ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 tribes tribe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 34 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | **take** | past | Joshua | the whole land | | | | accord all | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme | | 2 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the LORD | | | | | unto Moses | tree rules | | 4 | **give** | past | Joshua | land | | | | for a inheritance; unto Israel; accord Anakim's divisions by Anakim's tribes | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Theme for inheritance=Asset | | 5 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=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} וַיִּקַּ֨ח יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ אֶת־כָּל־הָאָ֗רֶץ כְּ֠כֹל אֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבֶּ֣ר יְהוָה֮ אֶל־מֹשֶׁה֒ וַיִּתְּנָהּ֩ יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ לְנַחֲלָ֧ה לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל כְּמַחְלְקֹתָ֖ם לְשִׁבְטֵיהֶ֑ם וְהָאָ֥רֶץ שָׁקְטָ֖ה מִמִּלְחָמָֽה׃פ [Joshua 11:23: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.11.23/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. **So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD spoke unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes.** 2. [And the land had rest from war.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.289/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOS:288` 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 11:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.287/) - next →: [Joshua 11:23 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.289/) - ↑ back to [Joshua 11:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.11.23/)