--- title: Joshua 13:14 (JPS 1917) — Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance; the offerings of… · tree and pragmatics description: Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance; the offerings of the LORD, the God of Israel, made by fire are his inheritance, as He spoke unto him. Who acts: Levi, offerings. 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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 (Levi, offerings), 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:328 # text = Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance; the offerings of the LORD, the God of Israel, made by fire are his inheritance, as He spoke unto him. 1 Only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 unto unto ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 tribe tribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Levi Levi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 10 det _ _ 10 inheritance inheritance NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 appos _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl _ _ 24 by by ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 26 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 inheritance inheritance NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 parataxis _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 33 unto unto ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 8 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 | **give** | past | Levi | no inheritance | | | | unto the tribe of Levi | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inheritance=Theme | | 2 | **make** | participle | | the offerings of the LORD *not said here* | | | | by fire | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 3 | **is a** | present | the offerings of the LORD | Israel's inheritance | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Levi | | | | | unto Israel | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **offer** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom offering «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} רַ֚ק לְשֵׁ֣בֶט הַלֵּוִ֔י לֹ֥א נָתַ֖ן נַחֲלָ֑ה אִשֵּׁ֨י יְהוָ֜ה אֱלֹהֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ ה֣וּא נַחֲלָת֔וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר דִּבֶּר־לֽוֹ׃ס [Joshua 13:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.13.14/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOS:328` 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 13:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.327/) - next →: [Joshua 13:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.329/) - ↑ back to [Joshua 13:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.13.14/)