--- title: Joshua 17:14 (JPS 1917) — And the children of Joseph spoke unto Joshua, saying: 'Why hast thou… · tree and pragmatics description: And the children of Joseph spoke unto Joshua, saying: 'Why hast thou given me but one lot and one part for an inheritance, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me thus?' Who acts: children, thou, I, LORD. 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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 (children, thou, I, LORD), 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:455 # text = And the children of Joseph spoke unto Joshua, saying: 'Why hast thou given me but one lot and one part for an inheritance, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me thus?' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Joseph Joseph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 unto unto ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Joshua Joshua PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 11 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 12 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ _ 13 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 14 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 nsubj _ _ 16 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 ccomp _ _ 17 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 iobj _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 20 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 23 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 inheritance inheritance NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 30 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 ccomp _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 forasmuch forasmuch SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 35 fixed _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 39 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 blessed bless VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 41 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 thus thus ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 43 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ 44 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: neg - indirect: yes - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the children of Joseph | | | | | unto Joshua | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the children of Joseph *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **give** | present · perfect | thou | one lot and one part for a inheritance | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient lot=Theme | | 4 | **see** | gerund | thou *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is a** | present | I | a great people | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **bless** | present · perfect | the LORD | me | | | | thus *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | 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} וַֽיְדַבְּרוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יוֹסֵ֔ף אֶת־יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ לֵאמֹ֑ר מַדּוּעַ֩ נָתַ֨תָּה לִּ֜י נַחֲלָ֗ה גּוֹרָ֤ל אֶחָד֙ וְחֶ֣בֶל אֶחָ֔ד וַֽאֲנִ֣י עַם־רָ֔ב עַ֥ד אֲשֶׁר־עַד־כֹּ֖ה בֵּֽרְכַ֥נִי יְהוָֽה׃ [Joshua 17:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.17.14/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOS:455` 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 17:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.454/) - next →: [Joshua 17:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.456/) - ↑ back to [Joshua 17:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.17.14/)