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title: Joshua 2:16 (JPS 1917) — And she said unto them: 'Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers… · tree and pragmatics
description: And she said unto them: 'Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers light upon you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned; and afterward may ye go your way.' Who acts: Og, pursuers, ye. Joshua 2:16 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause
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# Joshua 2:16 · JPS 1917

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And she said unto them: 'Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers light upon you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned; and afterward may ye go your way.'

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**Who acts:** Og, pursuers, ye · **What happens:** say, get, light, hide, return, go · **To what, where:** you, yourselves, pursuers, way · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Joshua 2:16 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (Og, pursuers, ye), 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:34
# text = And she said unto them: 'Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers light upon you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned; and afterward may ye go your way.'
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	_
8	Get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	lest	lest	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	pursuers	pursuer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
17	light	light	VERB	VBP	Mood=Sub|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
18	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	17	obl	_	_
20	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	22	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	hide	hide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
23	yourselves	yourselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	22	obj	_	_
24	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	22	advmod	_	_
25	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	26	nummod	_	_
26	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obl:unmarked	_	_
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
28	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	32	mark	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	pursuers	pursuer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	nsubj:pass	_	_
31	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	32	aux:pass	_	_
32	returned	return	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	advcl	_	_
33	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	38	punct	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
35	afterward	afterward	ADV	RB	_	38	advmod	_	_
36	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	38	aux	_	_
37	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	38	nsubj	_	_
38	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
39	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	40	nmod:poss	_	_
40	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obj	_	_
41	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
42	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: command
- act: request
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- indirect: yes
- teacher: changed act=request

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Og |  |  |  |  | unto lives *= life* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **get** | infinitive |  | you |  |  |  | to the mountain | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |
| 3 | **light** | present | the pursuers |  |  |  |  | upon you | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **hide** | infinitive |  | yourselves |  | there | day |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yourselves=Patient |
| 5 | **return** | infinitive · passive |  | the pursuers |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 6 | **go** | may | ye | your way |  |  |  | afterward *property* | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme |

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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}

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וַתֹּ֤אמֶר לָהֶם֙ הָהָ֣רָה לֵּ֔כוּ פֶּֽן־יִפְגְּע֥וּ בָכֶ֖ם הָרֹדְפִ֑ים וְנַחְבֵּתֶ֨ם שָׁ֜מָּה שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת יָמִ֗ים עַ֚ד שׁ֣וֹב הָרֹֽדְפִ֔ים וְאַחַ֖ר תֵּלְכ֥וּ לְדַרְכְּכֶֽם׃

[Joshua 2:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.2.16/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOS:34` of Mova's parse database.

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