--- title: Joshua 22:16 (JPS 1917) — 'Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD: What treachery is th… · tree and pragmatics description: 'Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD: What treachery is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, to rebel this day against the LORD? Who acts: whole congregation, treachery, ye. 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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 (whole congregation, treachery, ye), 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:613 # text = 'Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD: What treachery is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, to rebel this day against the LORD? 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ _ 2 Thus thus ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 congregation congregation NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 11 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 12 det _ _ 12 treachery treachery NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 ccomp _ _ 15 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 obj _ _ 16 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 nsubj _ _ 17 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 committed commit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 acl:relcl _ _ 19 against against ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 27 away away ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 29 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl:unmarked _ _ 30 from from ADP IN _ 31 mark _ _ 31 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 36 fixed _ _ 36 that that SCONJ DT _ 39 mark _ _ 37 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 nsubj _ _ 38 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 builded build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 iobj _ _ 41 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 rebel rebel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 46 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 47 det _ _ 47 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl:unmarked _ _ 48 against against ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 51 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=wh | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the whole congregation of the LORD | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | what treachery | this | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **commit** | present · perfect | ye | | | | | against the God of Israel | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | | 4 | **turn away** | to-infinitive | ye *not said here* | | | | day | away *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **follow** | gerund | ye *not said here* | the LORD | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Theme | | 6 | **build** | present · perfect | ye | a altar | you | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset you=Beneficiary altar=Product | | 7 | **rebel** | to-infinitive | ye *not said here* | | | | day | against the LORD | vn rebel-71.2-1 «NP V PP.maleficiary»: agent=Agent against lord=Maleficiary | 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} כֹּ֣ה אָמְר֞וּ כֹּ֣ל ׀ עֲדַ֣ת יְהוָ֗ה מָֽה־הַמַּ֤עַל הַזֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר מְעַלְתֶּם֙ בֵּאלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לָשׁ֣וּב הַיּ֔וֹם מֵאַחֲרֵ֖י יְהוָ֑ה בִּבְנֽוֹתְכֶ֤ם לָכֶם֙ מִזְבֵּ֔חַ לִמְרָדְכֶ֥ם הַיּ֖וֹם בַּיהוָֽה׃ [Joshua 22:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.22.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOS:613` 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 22:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.612/) - next →: [Joshua 22:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.614/) - ↑ back to [Joshua 22:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.22.16/)