--- title: Joshua 19:47 (JPS 1917) — And the border of the children of Dan was too strait for them; so th… · tree and pragmatics description: And the border of the children of Dan was too strait for them; so the children of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father. Who acts: border, children. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.537/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Joshua](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS/) / [chapter 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS/19/) / [19:47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.19.47/) / JPS 1 # Joshua 19:47 · JPS 1917 And the border of the children of Dan was too strait for them; so the children of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father. **Who acts:** border, children · **What happens:** be, go up, fight, take, smote, possess · **To what, where:** border, Leshem, Dan · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Joshua 19:47 · 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 (border, children), 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:537 # text = And the border of the children of Dan was too strait for them; so the children of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 border border NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Dan Dan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 too too ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 strait strait ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Dan Dan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 20 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 21 up up ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 fought fight VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 24 against against ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Leshem Leshem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 smote smote VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 possessed possess VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 dwelt dwell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 47 therein therein ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 51 Leshem Leshem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 Dan Dan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 xcomp _ _ 54 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 55 after after ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 Dan Dan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 nmod _ _ 60 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 61 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 appos _ _ 62 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the border of the children of Dan | | | | | for children *= child*; strait *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **go up** | past | the children of Dan | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 3 | **fight** | past | the children of Dan *not said here* | | | | | against Leshem | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **take** | past | the children of Dan *not said here* | border | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **smote** | past | the children of Dan *not said here* | border | | | | with the edge of the sword | tree rules | | 6 | **possess** | past | the children of Dan *not said here* | border | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 7 | **dwell** | past | the children of Dan *not said here* | | | | | therein *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **call** | past | the children of Dan *not said here* | | Leshem | | after the name of Dan | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent leshem=Recipient | | 9 | **name** | | | Dan | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} וַיֵּצֵ֥א גְבוּל־בְּנֵי־דָ֖ן מֵהֶ֑ם וַיַּעֲל֣וּ בְנֵֽי־דָ֠ן וַיִּלָּחֲמ֨וּ עִם־לֶ֜שֶׁם וַיִּלְכְּד֥וּ אוֹתָ֣הּ ׀ וַיַּכּ֧וּ אוֹתָ֣הּ לְפִי־חֶ֗רֶב וַיִּֽרְשׁ֤וּ אוֹתָהּ֙ וַיֵּ֣שְׁבוּ בָ֔הּ וַיִּקְרְא֤וּ לְלֶ֙שֶׁם֙ דָּ֔ן כְּשֵׁ֖ם דָּ֥ן אֲבִיהֶֽם׃ [Joshua 19:47: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.19.47/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOS:537` 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 19:46 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.536/) - next →: [Joshua 19:48 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.538/) - ↑ back to [Joshua 19:47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.19.47/)