--- title: Joshua 4:3 (JPS 1917) — and command ye them, saying: Take you hence out of the midst of the… · tree and pragmatics description: and command ye them, saying: Take you hence out of the midst of the Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood, twelve stones made ready, and carry them over with you, and lay them down in the lodging-place, where ye shall lodge this night.' Who acts: ye, feet. 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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 (ye, feet), 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:62 # text = and command ye them, saying: Take you hence out of the midst of the Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood, twelve stones made ready, and carry them over with you, and lay them down in the lodging-place, where ye shall lodge this night.' 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 command command VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 2 nsubj _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 8 Take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 hence hence ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 11 out out ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Jordan Jordan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 out out ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 23 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 28 advmod _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod:poss _ _ 26 ' 's PART POS _ 25 case _ _ 27 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 28 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 31 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 32 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl _ _ 33 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 xcomp _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 carry carry VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 over over ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 down down ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 48 lodging lodging NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 compound _ _ 49 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 48 punct _ _ 50 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 52 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 55 advmod _ _ 53 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 55 nsubj _ _ 54 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 lodge lodge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 acl:relcl _ _ 56 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 57 det _ _ 57 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl:unmarked _ _ 58 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 59 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **command** | infinitive | ye | men *= man* | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | ye *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **take** | infinitive | | you | | the midst of the Jordan | | out the place; hence *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument you=Theme stone=Destination | | 4 | **stand** | past | the priests's feet | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **make** | participle | | twelve stones *not said here* | | | | ready *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 6 | **carry over** | infinitive | | men *= man* | | | | with you | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 7 | **lay down** | infinitive | | men *= man* | | the lodging place | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in place=Destination | | 8 | **lodge** | shall | ye | | | | night | | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} וְצַוּ֣וּ אוֹתָם֮ לֵאמֹר֒ שְׂאֽוּ־לָכֶ֨ם מִזֶּ֜ה מִתּ֣וֹךְ הַיַּרְדֵּ֗ן מִמַּצַּב֙ רַגְלֵ֣י הַכֹּהֲנִ֔ים הָכִ֖ין שְׁתֵּים־עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה אֲבָנִ֑ים וְהַעֲבַרְתֶּ֤ם אוֹתָם֙ עִמָּכֶ֔ם וְהִנַּחְתֶּ֣ם אוֹתָ֔ם בַּמָּל֕וֹן אֲשֶׁר־תָּלִ֥ינוּ ב֖וֹ הַלָּֽיְלָה׃ס [Joshua 4:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.4.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOS:62` 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 4:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.61/) - next →: [Joshua 4:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.63/) - ↑ back to [Joshua 4:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.4.3/)