--- title: Joshua 14:10 (JPS 1917) — And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as He spoke, these for… · tree and pragmatics description: And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as He spoke, these forty and five years, from the time that the LORD spoke this word unto Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness; and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. Who acts: LORD, Israel, I. 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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 (LORD, Israel, I), 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:358 # text = And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as He spoke, these forty and five years, from the time that the LORD spoke this word unto Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness; and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 behold behold INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 10 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 21 det _ _ 18 forty forty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 conj _ _ 21 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl:unmarked _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 30 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 det _ _ 31 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 unto unto ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 while while SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 wilderness wilderness NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 43 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 55 advmod _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 lo lo INTJ UH _ 55 discourse _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 48 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 cop _ _ 49 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 50 det _ _ 50 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl:unmarked _ _ 51 fourscore fourscore NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 54 nummod _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 51 conj _ _ 54 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 obl:unmarked _ _ 55 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 9 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 | **keep** | present · perfect | the LORD | me | | | now; time | alive *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | LORD | | | | year | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the LORD | this word | | | | unto Moses | tree rules | | 4 | **walk** | past | Israel | | | the wilderness | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wilderness=Trajectory | | 5 | **is** | present | I | | | | now; day; year | old *property* | 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} וְעַתָּ֗ה הִנֵּה֩ הֶחֱיָ֨ה יְהוָ֣ה ׀ אוֹתִי֮ כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבֵּר֒ זֶה֩ אַרְבָּעִ֨ים וְחָמֵ֜שׁ שָׁנָ֗ה מֵ֠אָז דִּבֶּ֨ר יְהוָ֜ה אֶת־הַדָּבָ֤ר הַזֶּה֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־הָלַ֥ךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר וְעַתָּה֙ הִנֵּ֣ה אָנֹכִ֣י הַיּ֔וֹם בֶּן־חָמֵ֥שׁ וּשְׁמוֹנִ֖ים שָׁנָֽה׃ [Joshua 14:10: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.14.10/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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