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title: Joshua 1:7 (JPS 1917) — Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to al… · tree and pragmatics
description: Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses My servant commanded thee; turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest have good success whithersoever thou goest. Who acts: you, Moses, thou. Joshua 1:7 in JPS 1917 with its dependency
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# Joshua 1:7 · JPS 1917

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Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses My servant commanded thee; turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest have good success whithersoever thou goest.

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**Who acts:** you, Moses, thou · **What happens:** be, observe, do, accord, command, not turn · **To what, where:** law, servant, good success · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Joshua 1:7 · 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 (you, Moses, thou), 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:6
# text = Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses My servant commanded thee; turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest have good success whithersoever thou goest.
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	cop	_	_
3	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	courageous	courageous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	observe	observe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	case	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	fixed	_	_
14	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	16	det:predet	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
18	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	22	obj	_	_
19	Moses	Moses	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
20	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	appos	_	_
22	commanded	command	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	acl:relcl	_	_
23	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	22	obj	_	_
24	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	25	punct	_	_
25	turn	turn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
26	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	25	advmod	_	_
27	from	from	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	obl	_	_
29	to	to	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
33	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
34	to	to	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	left	left	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	conj	_	_
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
38	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	41	mark	_	_
39	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	41	nsubj	_	_
40	mayest	may	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	41	aux	_	_
41	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	25	advcl	_	_
42	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	amod	_	_
43	success	success	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obj	_	_
44	whithersoever	whithersoever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	46	advmod	_	_
45	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	46	nsubj	_	_
46	goest	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	41	advcl	_	_
47	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: request
- voice: narrator
- polarity: pos
- teacher: changed act=request

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | strong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **observe** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **do** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | accord all law | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **command** | past | Moses | all law |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **not** **turn** | infinitive |  |  |  | servant |  | to the right hand or the left *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V PP.material PP.result»: agent=Agent from it=Initial\_State to hand=Result |
| 8 | **have** | may | thou | good success |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent success=Patient |
| 9 | **go** | present | thou |  |  |  |  | whithersoever *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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רַק֩ חֲזַ֨ק וֶֽאֱמַ֜ץ מְאֹ֗ד לִשְׁמֹ֤ר לַעֲשׂוֹת֙ כְּכָל־הַתּוֹרָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר צִוְּךָ֙ מֹשֶׁ֣ה עַבְדִּ֔י אַל־תָּס֥וּר מִמֶּ֖נּוּ יָמִ֣ין וּשְׂמֹ֑אול לְמַ֣עַן תַּשְׂכִּ֔יל בְּכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר תֵּלֵֽךְ׃

[Joshua 1:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.1.7/)

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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:6` of Mova's parse database.

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