--- title: Joshua 14:1 (JPS 1917) — And these are the inheritances which the children of Israel took in… · tree and pragmatics description: And these are the inheritances which the children of Israel took in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed unto them, Who acts: these, children, Eleazar. 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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 (these, children, Eleazar), 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:349 # text = And these are the inheritances which the children of Israel took in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed unto them, 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 inheritances inheritance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 obj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Canaan Canaan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 obj _ _ 19 Eleazar Eleazar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 appos _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 Joshua Joshua PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 appos _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Nun Nun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 conj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod:poss _ _ 36 ' 's PART POS _ 35 case _ _ 37 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 tribes tribe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 distributed distribute VERB VBN Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 48 unto unto ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 5 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 | **is a** | present | these | the inheritances | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | past | the children of Israel | the inheritances | | the land of Canaan | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent which=Value in land=Location | | 3 | **distribute** | participle | Eleazar and Joshua and the heads of the fathers's houses of the tribes of the children of Israel | the land of Canaan | | | | unto children *= child* | vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent which=Theme | 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} וְאֵ֛לֶּה אֲשֶׁר־נָחֲל֥וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן אֲשֶׁ֨ר נִֽחֲל֜וּ אוֹתָ֗ם אֶלְעָזָ֤ר הַכֹּהֵן֙ וִיהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ בִּן־נ֔וּן וְרָאשֵׁ֛י אֲב֥וֹת הַמַּטּ֖וֹת לִבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ [Joshua 14:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.14.1/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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