--- title: Joshua 2:21 (JPS 1917) — And she said: 'According unto your words, so be it.' And she sent th… · tree and pragmatics description: And she said: 'According unto your words, so be it.' And she sent them away, and they departed; and she bound the scarlet line in the window. Who acts: spirit, words, your. 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And she sent them away, and they departed; and she bound the scarlet line in the window. **Who acts:** spirit, words, your · **What happens:** say, accord, be, send away, depart, bind · **To what, where:** oath, words, scarlet line · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Joshua 2:21 · 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 (spirit, words, your), 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:39 # text = And she said: 'According unto your words, so be it.' And she sent them away, and they departed; and she bound the scarlet line in the window. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 6 According accord VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 case _ _ 7 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 fixed _ _ 8 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 cop _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 ccomp _ _ 14 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ 15 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 16 And and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 away away ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 departed depart VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 bound bind VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 scarlet scarlet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: fragment - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | spirit | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | infinitive | | oath | | | | accord your words | tree rules | | 4 | **send away** | past | spirit | words *= word* | | | | away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **depart** | past | words *= word* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **bind** | past | spirit | the scarlet line | | | | in the window | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent line=Destination in window=Theme | | 7 | **word** | | your | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=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} וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ כְּדִבְרֵיכֶ֣ם כֶּן־ה֔וּא וַֽתְּשַׁלְּחֵ֖ם וַיֵּלֵ֑כוּ וַתִּקְשֹׁ֛ר אֶת־תִּקְוַ֥ת הַשָּׁנִ֖י בַּחַלּֽוֹן׃ [Joshua 2:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.2.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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