--- title: Joshua 17:2 (JPS 1917) — And the lot was for the rest of the children of Manasseh according t… · tree and pragmatics description: And the lot was for the rest of the children of Manasseh according to their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida; these were the male chil --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.443/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Joshua](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS/) / [chapter 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS/17/) / [17:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.17.2/) / JPS 1 # Joshua 17:2 · JPS 1917 And the lot was for the rest of the children of Manasseh according to their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida; these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph according to their families. **Who acts:** lot, these · **What happens:** be, accord · **To what, where:** male children This is Joshua 17:2 · 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 (lot, these), 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:443 # text = And the lot was for the rest of the children of Manasseh according to their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida; these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph according to their families. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Manasseh Manasseh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 case _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 13 fixed _ _ 15 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 families family NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Abiezer Abiezer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 conj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Helek Helek PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 conj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Asriel Asriel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 conj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 Shechem Shechem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 conj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 Hepher Hepher PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 53 for for ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 conj _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 Shemida Shemida PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 nmod _ _ 58 ; ; PUNCT : _ 63 punct _ _ 59 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 63 nsubj _ _ 60 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 cop _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 62 male male ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 63 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 parataxis _ _ 64 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 Manasseh Manasseh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 63 nmod _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 appos _ _ 68 of of ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 Joseph Joseph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 67 nmod _ _ 70 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 73 case _ _ 71 to to ADP IN _ 70 fixed _ _ 72 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 73 nmod:poss _ _ 73 families family NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 nmod _ _ 74 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the lot | | | | | for the rest; of the children of Manasseh; accord children's families; for the children of Abiezer and the children of Helek and the children of Asriel and the children of Shechem and the children of Hepher and the children of Shemida | tree rules | | 2 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | past | these | the male children | | | | of Manasseh; accord children's families | tree rules | | 4 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: 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} וַ֠יְהִי לִבְנֵ֨י מְנַשֶּׁ֥ה הַנּוֹתָרִים֮ לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם֒ לִבְנֵ֨י אֲבִיעֶ֜זֶר וְלִבְנֵי־חֵ֗לֶק וְלִבְנֵ֤י אַשְׂרִיאֵל֙ וְלִבְנֵי־שֶׁ֔כֶם וְלִבְנֵי־חֵ֖פֶר וְלִבְנֵ֣י שְׁמִידָ֑ע אֵ֠לֶּה בְּנֵ֨י מְנַשֶּׁ֧ה בֶּן־יוֹסֵ֛ף הַזְּכָרִ֖ים לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם׃ [Joshua 17:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.17.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOS:443` 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 17:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.442/) - next →: [Joshua 17:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.444/) - ↑ back to [Joshua 17:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.17.2/)