--- title: Joshua 17:16 (JPS 1917) — And the children of Joseph said: 'The hill-country will not be enoug… · tree and pragmatics description: And the children of Joseph said: 'The hill-country will not be enough for us; and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are in Beth-shean and its towns, and they who are in the valley of Jezreel.' Who acts: children, hill country, Canaanites. 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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, hill country, Canaanites), 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:457 # text = And the children of Joseph said: 'The hill-country will not be enough for us; and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are in Beth-shean and its towns, and they who are in the valley of Jezreel.' 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 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ _ 9 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ _ 12 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 13 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 cop _ _ 16 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 ccomp _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 21 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 23 det:predet _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Canaanites canaanite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 24 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 25 dwell dwell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 valley valley NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 33 chariots chariot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 both both CCONJ CC _ 38 cc:preconj _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nmod _ _ 39 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 40 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 Beth Beth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ _ 44 shean shean PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 acl:relcl _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 towns town NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 conj _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 conj _ _ 51 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 55 nsubj _ _ 52 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 cop _ _ 53 in in ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 valley valley NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 acl:relcl _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 Jezreel Jezreel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 nmod _ _ 58 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ 59 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the children of Joseph | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **is** | future | the hill country | | | | | for us; enough *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **dwell** | present | all Canaanites | | | the land of the valley | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in land=Location | | 4 | **have** | present | all Canaanites | chariots of iron children | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chariot=Patient | | 5 | **is** | present | | | | Beth shean and country's towns | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | present | | | | the valley | | of Jezreel | 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} וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יוֹסֵ֔ף לֹֽא־יִמָּ֥צֵא לָ֖נוּ הָהָ֑ר וְרֶ֣כֶב בַּרְזֶ֗ל בְּכָל־הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙ הַיֹּשֵׁ֣ב בְּאֶֽרֶץ־הָעֵ֔מֶק לַֽאֲשֶׁ֤ר בְּבֵית־שְׁאָן֙בֵית־שְׁאָן֙ וּבְנוֹתֶ֔יהָ וְלַֽאֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּעֵ֥מֶק יִזְרְעֶֽאל׃ [Joshua 17:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.17.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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