--- title: Joshua 14:4 (JPS 1917) — For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim; an… · tree and pragmatics description: For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim; and they gave no portion unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with the open land about them for their cattle and for their substance. — Who acts: children. 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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 (children), 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:352 # text = For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim; and they gave no portion unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with the open land about them for their cattle and for their substance. — 1 For for SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Joseph Joseph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 tribes tribe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 Manasseh Manasseh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 Ephraim Ephraim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 17 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 18 det _ _ 18 portion portion NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 unto unto ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Levites Levite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 save save ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 cities city NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 dwell dwell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 acl _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 36 about about ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nmod _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 cattle cattle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 substance substance NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ _ 45 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ 46 — - 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 | **is a** | past | the children of Joseph | two tribes and Manasseh and Ephraim | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | past | children *= child* | no portion | | the land | | unto the Levites; save cities with the open land about tribes for tribes's cattle and tribes's substance | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent portion=Theme | | 3 | **dwell** | to-infinitive | children *= child* *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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} כִּֽי־הָי֧וּ בְנֵֽי־יוֹסֵ֛ף שְׁנֵ֥י מַטּ֖וֹת מְנַשֶּׁ֣ה וְאֶפְרָ֑יִם וְלֹֽא־נָתְנוּ֩ חֵ֨לֶק לַלְוִיִּ֜ם בָּאָ֗רֶץ כִּ֤י אִם־עָרִים֙ לָשֶׁ֔בֶת וּמִ֨גְרְשֵׁיהֶ֔ם לְמִקְנֵיהֶ֖ם וּלְקִנְיָנָֽם׃ [Joshua 14:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.14.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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