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title: Joshua 21:4 (JPS 1917) — And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites; and the chi… · tree and pragmatics
description: And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites; and the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities. Who acts: lot, priest, children. Joshua 21:4 in JPS
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# Joshua 21:4 · JPS 1917

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And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites; and the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.

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**Who acts:** lot, priest, children · **What happens:** come out, be, have · **To what, where:** thirteen cities, tribe

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This is Joshua 21:4 · 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 (lot, priest, 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:555
# text = And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites; and the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Kohathites	kohathite	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
12	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	27	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	nsubj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Aaron	Aaron	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	appos	_	_
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
21	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	25	nsubj	_	_
22	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	cop	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	Levites	levite	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	19	acl:relcl	_	_
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
27	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
28	by	by	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	_
30	out	out	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	tribe	tribe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	Judah	Judah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	nmod	_	_
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
38	out	out	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	tribe	tribe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	conj	_	_
42	of	of	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	Simeonites	simeonite	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	41	nmod	_	_
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
47	out	out	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
48	of	of	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	tribe	tribe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	conj	_	_
51	of	of	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
52	Benjamin	Benjamin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	50	nmod	_	_
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
54	thirteen	thirteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	55	nummod	_	_
55	cities	city	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	obj	_	_
56	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed voice=narrator

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come out** | past | the lot |  |  |  |  | for the families of the Kohathites; out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | past | the priest |  |  |  |  | of the Levites | tree rules |
| 3 | **have** | past | the children of Aaron | thirteen cities |  | the tribe of Judah and the tribe of the Simeonites and the tribe of Benjamin |  | by lot | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent city=Patient |

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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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וַיֵּצֵ֥א הַגּוֹרָ֖ל לְמִשְׁפְּחֹ֣ת הַקְּהָתִ֑י וַיְהִ֡י לִבְנֵי֩ אַהֲרֹ֨ן הַכֹּהֵ֜ן מִן־הַלְוִיִּ֗ם מִמַּטֵּ֣ה יְ֠הוּדָה וּמִמַּטֵּ֨ה הַשִּׁמְעֹנִ֜י וּמִמַּטֵּ֤ה בִנְיָמִן֙ בַּגּוֹרָ֔ל עָרִ֖ים שְׁלֹ֥שׁ עֶשְׂרֵֽה׃ס

[Joshua 21:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.21.4/)

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