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title: Joshua 20:6 (JPS 1917) — And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregat… · tree and pragmatics
description: And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days; then may the manslayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.' Who acts: manslayer, death, hig
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# Joshua 20:6 · JPS 1917

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And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days; then may the manslayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.'

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**Who acts:** manslayer, death, high priest · **What happens:** dwell, stand, be, return, come, flee · **To what, where:** city, congregation

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This is Joshua 20:6 · 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 (manslayer, death, high priest), 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:548
# text = And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days; then may the manslayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.'
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	dwell	dwell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	stand	stand	VERB	VBP	Mood=Sub|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
12	before	before	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	congregation	congregation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	judgment	judgment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	advcl	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
25	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	30	nsubj	_	_
26	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	30	aux	_	_
27	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	cop	_	_
28	in	in	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	30	det	_	_
30	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	acl:relcl	_	_
31	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	36	punct	_	_
32	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	36	advmod	_	_
33	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	36	aux	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	manslayer	manslayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nsubj	_	_
36	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
39	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	36	conj	_	_
40	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
41	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	43	nmod:poss	_	_
42	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	amod	_	_
43	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	_
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
46	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
47	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	49	nmod:poss	_	_
48	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	_
49	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	conj	_	_
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
51	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	_
54	from	from	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
55	whence	whence	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	57	advmod	_	_
56	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	57	nsubj	_	_
57	fled	flee	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	53	acl:relcl	_	_
58	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
59	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- 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 | **dwell** | shall | manslayer |  |  | that city |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in city=Location |
| 2 | **stand** | present | manslayer |  |  | the congregation |  | for judgment | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before congregation=Location |
| 3 | **is** | shall | the death of the high priest |  |  |  | in that days |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **return** | may | the manslayer |  |  |  | then |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **come** | infinitive | the manslayer *not said here* |  |  |  |  | unto manslayer's own city and manslayer's own house; unto the city | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **flee** | past | manslayer |  |  |  |  | whence *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **die** |  | the high priest |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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וְיָשַׁ֣ב ׀ בָּעִ֣יר הַהִ֗יא עַד־עָמְד֞וֹ לִפְנֵ֤י הָֽעֵדָה֙ לַמִּשְׁפָּ֔ט עַד־מוֹת֙ הַכֹּהֵ֣ן הַגָּד֔וֹל אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִהְיֶ֖ה בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֑ם אָ֣ז ׀ יָשׁ֣וּב הָרוֹצֵ֗חַ וּבָ֤א אֶל־עִירוֹ֙ וְאֶל־בֵּית֔וֹ אֶל־הָעִ֖יר אֲשֶׁר־נָ֥ס מִשָּֽׁם׃

[Joshua 20:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.20.6/)

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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:548` of Mova's parse database.

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