--- title: Joshua 20:5 (JPS 1917) — And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not de… · tree and pragmatics description: And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver up the manslayer into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unawares, and hated him not beforetime. Who acts: avenger, cities, manslayer. 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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 (avenger, cities, manslayer), 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:547 # text = And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver up the manslayer into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unawares, and hated him not beforetime. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 avenger avenger NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 pursue pursue VERB VBP Mood=Sub|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 8 after after ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 11 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 shall shall AUX MD Mood=Ind|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 16 up up ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 manslayer manslayer NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 into into ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 23 because because SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 smote smite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 unawares unawares ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 hated hate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 34 beforetime beforetime ADV RB Degree=Pos 31 advmod _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pursue** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the avenger of blood | | | | after manslayer | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent after he=Theme | | 2 | **not** **deliver up** | shall | cities *= city* | the manslayer | | manslayer's hand | then | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manslayer=Patient | | 3 | **smite** | past | manslayer | manslayer's neighbour | | | | unawares *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus neighbour=Experiencer | | 4 | **not** **hate** | past | manslayer *not said here* | manslayer | | | | beforetime *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | 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} וְכִ֨י יִרְדֹּ֜ף גֹּאֵ֤ל הַדָּם֙ אַֽחֲרָ֔יו וְלֹֽא־יַסְגִּ֥רוּ אֶת־הָרֹצֵ֖חַ בְּיָד֑וֹ כִּ֤י בִבְלִי־דַ֙עַת֙ הִכָּ֣ה אֶת־רֵעֵ֔הוּ וְלֹֽא־שֹׂנֵ֥א ה֛וּא ל֖וֹ מִתְּמ֥וֹל שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם׃ [Joshua 20:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.20.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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