--- title: Joshua 14:12 (JPS 1917) — Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spoke in that… · tree and pragmatics description: Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spoke in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakim were there, and cities great and fortified; it may be that the LORD will be with me, and I shall drive them out, as the LORD spoke.' Who acts: you, LORD, thou, Anakim. 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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 (you, LORD, thou, Anakim), 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:360 # text = Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spoke in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakim were there, and cities great and fortified; it may be that the LORD will be with me, and I shall drive them out, as the LORD spoke.' 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 whereof whereof ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 14 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 16 for for SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 nsubj _ _ 18 heardest hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 det _ _ 21 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Anakim Anakim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 ccomp _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 cities city NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 30 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 conj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 fortified fortify VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 conj _ _ 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 expl _ _ 35 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 cop _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 40 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 cop _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 me me ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 drive drive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 conj _ _ 49 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 out out ADP RP _ 48 compound:prt _ _ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 52 as as SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 55 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 advcl _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 57 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: pos - hedged: yes - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | this mountain | me | | now | therefore *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient mountain=Theme | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the LORD | | | | day | whereof *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **hear** | past | thou | | | | day | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** | past | the Anakim | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **be** | | cities | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **fortify** | participle | cities *not said here* | | | | | | vn equip-13.4.2-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is** | future · infinitive | the LORD | | | | | me *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **drive out** | shall | I | cities *= city* | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 9 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the LORD | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 תְּנָה־לִּי֙ אֶת־הָהָ֣ר הַזֶּ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֑וּא כִּ֣י אַתָּֽה־שָׁמַעְתָּ֩ בַיּ֨וֹם הַה֜וּא כִּֽי־עֲנָקִ֣ים שָׁ֗ם וְעָרִים֙ גְּדֹל֣וֹת בְּצֻר֔וֹת אוּלַ֨י יְהוָ֤ה אוֹתִי֙ וְה֣וֹרַשְׁתִּ֔ים כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר דִּבֶּ֥ר יְהוָֽה׃ [Joshua 14:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.14.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOS:360` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Joshua 14:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.359/) - next →: [Joshua 14:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.361/) - ↑ back to [Joshua 14:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.14.12/)