--- title: Joshua 17:3 (JPS 1917) — But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Mac… · tree and pragmatics description: But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters; and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. Who acts: Zelophehad, these. 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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 (Zelophehad, 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:444 # text = But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters; and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 2 Zelophehad Zelophehad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Hepher Hepher PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Gilead Gilead PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Machir Machir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 appos _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Manasseh Manasseh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 24 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 25 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 26 det _ _ 26 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 conj _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 35 nsubj _ _ 33 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ _ 39 : : PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 40 Mahlah Mahlah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 appos _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 Noah Noah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 conj _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 Hoglah Hoglah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 conj _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 Milcah Milcah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 conj _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 Tirzah Tirzah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 conj _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 24 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 | **have** | past | Zelophehad | no sons but daughters | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient | | 2 | **is a** | present | these | the names | | | | of Manasseh's daughters | tree rules | 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} וְלִצְלָפְחָד֩ בֶּן־חֵ֨פֶר בֶּן־גִּלְעָ֜ד בֶּן־מָכִ֣יר בֶּן־מְנַשֶּׁ֗ה לֹא־הָ֥יוּ ל֛וֹ בָּנִ֖ים כִּ֣י אִם־בָּנ֑וֹת וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ שְׁמ֣וֹת בְּנֹתָ֔יו מַחְלָ֣ה וְנֹעָ֔ה חָגְלָ֥ה מִלְכָּ֖ה וְתִרְצָֽה׃ [Joshua 17:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.17.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOS:444` 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 17:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.443/) - next →: [Joshua 17:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.445/) - ↑ back to [Joshua 17:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.17.3/)