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title: Joshua 18:14 (JPS 1917) — And the border was drawn and turned about on the west side southward… · tree and pragmatics
description: And the border was drawn and turned about on the west side southward, from the mountain that lieth before Beth-horon southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kiriath-baal — the same is Kiriath-jearim — a city of the children of Judah; this was the west side. Who acts: mountain, goings, same, th
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# Joshua 18:14 · JPS 1917

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And the border was drawn and turned about on the west side southward, from the mountain that lieth before Beth-horon southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kiriath-baal — the same is Kiriath-jearim — a city of the children of Judah; this was the west side.

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**Who acts:** mountain, goings, same, this · **What happens:** draw, turn about, lie, be · **To what, where:** border, west side, Beth horon, Kiriath baal, Kiriath jearim

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This is Joshua 18:14 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (mountain, goings, same, this), 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:473
# text = And the border was drawn and turned about on the west side southward, from the mountain that lieth before Beth-horon southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kiriath-baal — the same is Kiriath-jearim — a city of the children of Judah; this was the west side.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	border	border	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	west	west	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	southward	southward	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
18	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
19	lieth	lie	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	acl:relcl	_	_
20	before	before	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	Beth	Beth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	_
22	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	23	punct	_	_
23	horon	horon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
24	southward	southward	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
25	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	35	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	goings	going	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	nsubj	_	_
29	out	out	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	_
30	thereof	thereof	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	_
31	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	cop	_	_
32	at	at	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
33	Kiriath	Kiriath	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	compound	_	_
34	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	33	punct	_	_
35	baal	baal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
36	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	42	punct	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	nsubj	_	_
39	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	42	cop	_	_
40	Kiriath	Kiriath	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	compound	_	_
41	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	42	punct	_	_
42	jearim	jearim	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	_
43	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	45	punct	_	_
44	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	appos	_	_
46	of	of	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	45	nmod	_	_
49	of	of	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
50	Judah	Judah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	48	nmod	_	_
51	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	56	punct	_	_
52	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	56	nsubj	_	_
53	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	56	cop	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
55	west	west	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	56	amod	_	_
56	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	_
57	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | past · passive |  | the border |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **turn about** | participle |  |  |  | the west side |  | from the mountain; southward *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme on side=Source from mountain=Trajectory |
| 3 | **lie** | present | the mountain |  |  | Beth horon |  | southward *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before horon=Location |
| 4 | **is** | past | the goings |  |  | Kiriath baal |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **is a** | present | the same | Kiriath jearim |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **is a** | past | this | the west side |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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}

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וְתָאַ֣ר הַגְּבוּל֩ וְנָסַ֨ב לִפְאַת־יָ֜ם נֶ֗גְבָּה מִן־הָהָר֙ אֲשֶׁ֨ר עַל־פְּנֵ֥י בֵית־חֹרוֹן֮בֵית־חֹרוֹן֮ נֶגְבָּה֒ וְהָי֣וּ תֹֽצְאֹתָ֗יו אֶל־קִרְיַת־בַּ֙עַל֙קִרְיַת־בַּ֙עַל֙ הִ֚יא קִרְיַ֣ת יְעָרִ֔ים קִרְיַ֣ת יְעָרִ֔ים עִ֖יר בְּנֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֑ה זֹ֖את פְּאַת־יָֽם׃

[Joshua 18:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.18.14/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOS:473` of Mova's parse database.

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