--- title: Joshua 22:10 (JPS 1917) — And when they came unto the region about the Jordan, that is in the… · tree and pragmatics description: And when they came unto the region about the Jordan, that is in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by the Jordan, a great altar to look upon. Who acts: children, that. 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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 (children, that), 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:607 # text = And when they came unto the region about the Jordan, that is in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by the Jordan, a great altar to look upon. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 region region NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 about about ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Jordan Jordan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 nsubj _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 advcl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Canaan Canaan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Reuben Reuben PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Gad Gad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 31 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 33 compound _ _ 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ _ 33 tribe tribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Manasseh Manasseh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 36 built build VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 37 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 38 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 by by ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 Jordan Jordan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 appos _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 acl _ _ 49 upon upon ADP IN _ 48 obl _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 36 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 | **come** | past | children *= child* | | | | | unto the region about the Jordan | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | that | | | the land | | of Canaan | tree rules | | 3 | **build** | past | the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh | a altar | | there | | by the Jordan | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent altar=Product | | 4 | **look** | to-infinitive | the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh *not said here* | a great altar *not said here* | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | 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} וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ אֶל־גְּלִיל֣וֹת הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן וַיִּבְנ֣וּ בְנֵי־רְאוּבֵ֣ן וּבְנֵי־גָ֡ד וַחֲצִ֣י שֵׁבֶט֩ הַֽמְנַשֶּׁ֨ה שָׁ֤ם מִזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ עַל־הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן מִזְבֵּ֥חַ גָּד֖וֹל לְמַרְאֶֽה׃ [Joshua 22:10: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.22.10/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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