--- title: Joshua 18:7 (JPS 1917) — For the Levites have no portion among you, for the priesthood of the… · tree and pragmatics description: For the Levites have no portion among you, for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance; and Gad and Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.' Who acts: Levites, priesthood, Gad, Moses. 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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 (Levites, priesthood, Gad, Moses), 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:466 # text = For the Levites have no portion among you, for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance; and Gad and Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.' 1 For for SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Levites Levites PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 portion portion NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 among among ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 10 for for SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 priesthood priesthood NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 inheritance inheritance NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 advcl _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 21 Gad Gad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 Reuben Reuben PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 28 compound _ _ 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ _ 28 tribe tribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Manasseh Manasseh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 31 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 received receive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 inheritance inheritance NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 Jordan Jordan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 38 eastward eastward ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 40 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 obj _ _ 41 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 appos _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 47 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 48 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 iobj _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 50 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | the Levites | no portion | | | | among you | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent portion=Patient | | 2 | **is a** | present | the priesthood of the LORD | portions's inheritance | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **receive** | present · perfect | Gad and Reuben and the half tribe of Manasseh | portions's inheritance | | the Jordan | | eastward *property* | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent inheritance=Theme beyond jordan=Location | | 4 | **give** | past | Moses | portions's inheritance | portions *= portion* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient which=Theme | | 5 | **inherit** | | portions *= portion* | | | | | | nom inheritance «act transitive»: poss=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} כִּ֠י אֵֽין־חֵ֤לֶק לַלְוִיִּם֙ בְּקִרְבְּכֶ֔ם כִּֽי־כְהֻנַּ֥ת יְהוָ֖ה נַחֲלָת֑וֹ וְגָ֡ד וּרְאוּבֵ֡ן וַחֲצִי֩ שֵׁ֨בֶט הַֽמְנַשֶּׁ֜ה לָקְח֣וּ נַחֲלָתָ֗ם מֵעֵ֤בֶר לַיַּרְדֵּן֙ מִזְרָ֔חָה אֲשֶׁר֙ נָתַ֣ן לָהֶ֔ם מֹשֶׁ֖ה עֶ֥בֶד יְהוָֽה׃ [Joshua 18:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.18.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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