--- title: Joshua 16:1 (JPS 1917) — And the lot for the children of Joseph went out from the Jordan at J… · tree and pragmatics description: And the lot for the children of Joseph went out from the Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, going up from Jericho through the hill-country to the wilderness, even to Beth-el. Who acts: lot. 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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 (lot), 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:430 # text = And the lot for the children of Joseph went out from the Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, going up from Jericho through the hill-country to the wilderness, even to Beth-el. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Joseph Joseph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 out out ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Jordan Jordan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Jericho Jericho PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Jericho Jericho PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 east east NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 27 up up ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Jericho Jericho PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 through through ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 32 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ _ 34 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 wilderness wilderness NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 even even ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 Beth Beth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ _ 43 el El PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 44 . . 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 | **go out** | past | the lot for the children of Joseph | | | the Jordan at Jericho | | at the waters of Jericho on the east; out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **go up** | gerund | the lot for the children of Joseph *not said here* | | Beth el | Jericho | | through the hill country; to the wilderness *result* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient from jericho=Initial\_State to wilderness=Result | 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} וַיֵּצֵ֨א הַגּוֹרָ֜ל לִבְנֵ֤י יוֹסֵף֙ מִיַּרְדֵּ֣ן יְרִיח֔וֹ לְמֵ֥י יְרִיח֖וֹ מִזְרָ֑חָה הַמִּדְבָּ֗ר עֹלֶ֧ה מִירִיח֛וֹ בָּהָ֖ר בֵּֽית־אֵֽלבֵּֽית־אֵֽל׃ [Joshua 16:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.16.1/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOS:430` 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 15:63 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.429/) - next →: [Joshua 16:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.431/) - ↑ back to [Joshua 16:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.16.1/)