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title: Joshua 15:7 (JPS 1917) — And the border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so nor… · tree and pragmatics
description: And the border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is over against the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the brook; and the border passed along to the waters of En-shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En-rogel. Who acts: bord
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# Joshua 15:7 · JPS 1917

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And the border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is over against the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the brook; and the border passed along to the waters of En-shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En-rogel.

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**Who acts:** border, Gilgal, ascent, goings · **What happens:** go up, look, be, pass along · **To what, where:** Debir, valley, south side, waters, En rogel

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This is Joshua 15:7 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (border, Gilgal, ascent, goings), 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:372
# text = And the border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is over against the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the brook; and the border passed along to the waters of En-shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En-rogel.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	border	border	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Debir	Debir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Achor	Achor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	northward	northward	ADV	RB	_	4	conj	_	_
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
18	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
19	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	Gilgal	Gilgal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
22	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	24	nsubj	_	_
23	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	cop	_	_
24	over	over	ADV	RB	_	20	acl:relcl	_	_
25	against	against	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	ascent	ascent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	Adummim	Adummim	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	_
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
31	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	36	nsubj	_	_
32	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	36	cop	_	_
33	on	on	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
35	south	south	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	compound	_	_
36	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	acl:relcl	_	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	brook	brook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nmod	_	_
40	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	44	punct	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	border	border	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	nsubj	_	_
44	passed	pass	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
45	along	along	ADV	RB	_	44	advmod	_	_
46	to	to	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	waters	water	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	obl	_	_
49	of	of	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
50	En	En	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	52	compound	_	_
51	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	52	punct	_	_
52	shemesh	shemesh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	48	nmod	_	_
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
54	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	63	cc	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	goings	going	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	63	nsubj	_	_
57	out	out	ADV	RB	_	56	advmod	_	_
58	thereof	thereof	ADV	RB	_	56	advmod	_	_
59	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	63	cop	_	_
60	at	at	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
61	En	En	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	63	compound	_	_
62	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	63	punct	_	_
63	rogel	rogel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	conj	_	_
64	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go up** | past | the border |  | Debir | the valley of Achor |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient to debir=Result from valley=Initial\_State |
| 2 | **look** | gerund | the border *not said here* |  |  |  |  | toward Gilgal | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent toward gilgal=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present | Gilgal |  |  |  |  | against the ascent of Adummim; over *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | present | the ascent of Adummim |  |  | the south side |  | of the brook | tree rules |
| 5 | **pass along** | past | the border |  |  | the waters of En shemesh |  | along *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to water=Initial\_Location |
| 6 | **is** | past | the goings |  |  | En rogel |  |  | tree rules |

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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}

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וְעָלָ֨ה הַגְּב֥וּל ׀ דְּבִרָה֮ מֵעֵ֣מֶק עָכוֹר֒ וְצָפ֜וֹנָה פֹּנֶ֣ה אֶל־הַגִּלְגָּ֗ל אֲשֶׁר־נֹ֙כַח֙ לְמַעֲלֵ֣ה אֲדֻמִּ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר מִנֶּ֖גֶב לַנָּ֑חַל וְעָבַ֤ר הַגְּבוּל֙ אֶל־מֵי־עֵ֣ינ שֶׁ֔מֶשׁ עֵ֣ינ שֶׁ֔מֶשׁ וְהָי֥וּ תֹצְאֹתָ֖יו אֶל־עֵ֥ינ רֹגֵֽל עֵ֥ינ רֹגֵֽל׃

[Joshua 15:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.15.7/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOS:372` 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.

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