--- title: Joshua 3:13 (JPS 1917) — And it shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests… · tree and pragmatics description: And it shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off, even the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand in one heap.' 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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 (space, priests, soles, waters), 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:55 # text = And it shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off, even the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand in one heap.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 8 when when SCONJ WRB _ 33 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 soles sole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ 17 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 bear bear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 ark ark NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 appos _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 30 det:predet _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Jordan Jordan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 Jordan Jordan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 47 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 48 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 advcl _ _ 50 off off ADP RP _ 49 compound:prt _ _ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 even even ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 appos _ _ 55 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 56 nsubj _ _ 56 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 acl:relcl _ _ 57 down down ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 58 from from ADP IN _ 56 advmod _ _ 59 above above ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 60 ; ; PUNCT : _ 64 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 62 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 63 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 64 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 conj _ _ 65 in in ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 67 nummod _ _ 67 heap heap NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ _ 68 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 69 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 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 | **come** | shall | space | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | space *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **bear** | present | the priests | the ark of the LORD | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ark=Patient | | 4 | **rest** | shall | the soles of the feet of the priests | | | the waters of the Jordan | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Location | | 5 | **cut off** | shall · passive | | the waters of the Jordan | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | | 6 | **come down** | present | the waters | | | | | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **stand** | shall | soles *= sole* | | | one heap | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in heap=Location | 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} וְהָיָ֡ה כְּנ֣וֹחַ כַּפּ֣וֹת רַגְלֵ֣י הַכֹּהֲנִ֡ים נֹשְׂאֵי֩ אֲר֨וֹן יְהוָ֜ה אֲד֤וֹן כָּל־הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ בְּמֵ֣י הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן מֵ֤י הַיַּרְדֵּן֙ יִכָּ֣רֵת֔וּן הַמַּ֥יִם הַיֹּרְדִ֖ים מִלְמָ֑עְלָה וְיַעַמְד֖וּ נֵ֥ד אֶחָֽד׃ [Joshua 3:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.3.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOS:55` 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 3:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.54/) - next →: [Joshua 3:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.56/) - ↑ back to [Joshua 3:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.3.13/)