--- title: Joshua 12:6 (JPS 1917) — Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel smote them;… · tree and pragmatics description: Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel smote them; and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. Who acts: Moses. 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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 (Moses), 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:295 # text = Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel smote them; and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. 1 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 smote smite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 16 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 appos _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 unto unto ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Reubenites Reubenite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Gadites Gadite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 29 conj _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 39 compound _ _ 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ _ 39 tribe tribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Manasseh Manasseh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=narrate | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **smite** | past | Moses and the children of Israel | children *= child* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer | | 2 | **give** | past | Moses | servant | | | | for a possession; unto the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half tribe of Manasseh | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Theme for possession=Asset | 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} מֹשֶׁ֧ה עֶֽבֶד־יְהוָ֛ה וּבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל הִכּ֑וּם וַֽ֠יִּתְּנָהּ מֹשֶׁ֨ה עֶֽבֶד־יְהוָ֜ה יְרֻשָּׁ֗ה לָרֻֽאוּבֵנִי֙ וְלַגָּדִ֔י וְלַחֲצִ֖י שֵׁ֥בֶט הַֽמְנַשֶּֽׁה׃ס [Joshua 12:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.12.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOS:295` 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 12:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.294/) - next →: [Joshua 12:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.296/) - ↑ back to [Joshua 12:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.12.6/)