--- title: Joshua 22:9 (JPS 1917) — And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-trib… · tree and pragmatics description: And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the land of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the commandmen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.606/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Joshua](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS/) / [chapter 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS/22/) / [22:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.22.9/) / JPS 1 # Joshua 22:9 · JPS 1917 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the land of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. **Who acts:** children, Shiloh, hand · **What happens:** return, depart, be, go, possess, accord · **To what, where:** Shiloh, land, children, LORD · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Joshua 22:9 · 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 (children, Shiloh, hand), 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:606 # text = And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the land of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Reuben Reuben PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Gad Gad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 15 compound _ _ 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ _ 15 tribe tribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Manasseh Manasseh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 departed depart VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 22 from from ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 27 out out ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Shiloh Shiloh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 acl:relcl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 Canaan Canaan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 41 unto unto ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 Gilead Gilead PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 53 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 54 whereof whereof ADV WRB PronType=Int 57 advmod _ _ 55 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj:pass _ _ 56 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 aux:pass _ _ 57 possessed possess VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 acl:relcl _ _ 58 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 59 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 62 case _ _ 60 to to ADP IN _ 59 fixed _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 commandment commandment NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 nmod _ _ 66 by by ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nmod _ _ 69 of of ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 70 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 68 nmod _ _ 71 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | past | the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **depart** | past | the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh *not said here* | | | Shiloh | | from the children of Israel | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from child=Initial\_Location out shiloh=Destination | | 3 | **is** | present | Shiloh | | | the land | | of Canaan | tree rules | | 4 | **go** | to-infinitive | the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh *not said here* | | | the land of children's possession | | unto the land of Gilead | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to land=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **possess** | past · passive | | children *= child* | | | | accord the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses; whereof *property* | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **possess** | | children *= child* | | | | | | nom possession «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **command** | | the hand of Moses | the LORD | | | | | nom commandment «communication transitive»: of=patient by=agent | 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} וַיָּשֻׁ֣בוּ וַיֵּלְכ֡וּ בְּנֵי־רְאוּבֵ֨ן וּבְנֵי־גָ֜ד וַחֲצִ֣י ׀ שֵׁ֣בֶט הַֽמְנַשֶּׁ֗ה מֵאֵת֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מִשִּׁלֹ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּאֶֽרֶץ־כְּנָ֑עַן לָלֶ֜כֶת אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ הַגִּלְעָ֗ד אֶל־אֶ֤רֶץ אֲחֻזָּתָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נֹֽאחֲזוּ־בָ֔הּ עַל־פִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה בְּיַד־מֹשֶֽׁה׃ [Joshua 22:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.22.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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