--- title: Joshua 17:18 (JPS 1917) — but the hill-country shall be thine; for though it is a forest, thou… · tree and pragmatics description: but the hill-country shall be thine; for though it is a forest, thou shalt cut it down, and the goings out thereof shall be thine; for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have chariots of iron, and though they be strong.' Who acts: hill country, country, thou, goings. 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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 (hill country, country, thou, goings), 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:459 # text = but the hill-country shall be thine; for though it is a forest, thou shalt cut it down, and the goings out thereof shall be thine; for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have chariots of iron, and though they be strong.' 1 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ _ 5 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 8 thine thy PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 0 root _ _ 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 10 for for CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 11 though though SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 advcl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 nsubj _ _ 18 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 down down ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 goings going NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 26 out out ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 28 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 cop _ _ 30 thine thy PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 conj _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 32 for for SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 35 nsubj _ _ 34 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 drive drive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 36 out out ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 Canaanites canaanite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 though though SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 43 chariots chariot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 48 though though SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 49 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 51 cop _ _ 51 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 conj _ _ 52 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ 53 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed act=promise, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | shall | the hill country | thine | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | country | a forest | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **cut down** | shall | thou | country | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product | | 4 | **is a** | shall | the goings | thine | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **drive out** | shall | thou | the Canaanites | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent canaanite=Theme | | 6 | **have** | present | goings *= going* | chariots of iron | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chariot=Patient | | 7 | **is** | infinitive | goings *= going* | | | | | strong *property* | 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} כִּ֣י הַ֤ר יִֽהְיֶה־לָּךְ֙ כִּֽי־יַ֣עַר ה֔וּא וּבֵ֣רֵאת֔וֹ וְהָיָ֥ה לְךָ֖ תֹּֽצְאֹתָ֑יו כִּֽי־תוֹרִ֣ישׁ אֶת־הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֗י כִּ֣י רֶ֤כֶב בַּרְזֶל֙ ל֔וֹ כִּ֥י חָזָ֖ק הֽוּא׃פ [Joshua 17:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.17.18/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOS:459` 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 17:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.458/) - next →: [Joshua 18:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.460/) - ↑ back to [Joshua 17:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.17.18/)