--- title: Joshua 14:7 (JPS 1917) — Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me fro… · tree and pragmatics description: Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land; and I brought him back word as it was in my heart. Who acts: I, Moses, land. 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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 (I, Moses, land), 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:355 # text = Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land; and I brought him back word as it was in my heart. 1 Forty forty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 6 when when SCONJ WRB _ 13 mark _ _ 7 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 14 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 from from ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 Kadesh Kadesh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ _ 18 barnea barnea NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 spy spy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 21 out out ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ _ 29 back back ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 30 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 advcl _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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** | past | I | | | | year | old *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **send** | past | Moses | me | | Kadesh barnea | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent i=Theme from barnea=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **spy out** | to-infinitive | Moses *not said here* | the land | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer land=Stimulus | | 4 | **bring back** | past | I | word | Moses | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination word=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | land | | | my heart | | | tree rules | 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} בֶּן־אַרְבָּעִ֨ים שָׁנָ֜ה אָנֹכִ֗י בִּ֠שְׁלֹחַ מֹשֶׁ֨ה עֶֽבֶד־יְהוָ֥ה אֹתִ֛י מִקָּדֵ֥שׁ בַּרְנֵ֖עַ קָּדֵ֥שׁ בַּרְנֵ֖עַ לְרַגֵּ֣ל אֶת־הָאָ֑רֶץ וָאָשֵׁ֤ב אֹתוֹ֙ דָּבָ֔ר כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר עִם־לְבָבִֽי׃ [Joshua 14:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.14.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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