--- title: Joshua 22:23 (JPS 1917) — that we have built us an altar to turn away from following the LORD;… · tree and pragmatics description: that we have built us an altar to turn away from following the LORD; or if to offer thereon burnt-offering or meal-offering, or if to offer sacrifices of peace-offerings thereon, let the LORD Himself require it; Who acts: we, LORD. 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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 (we, LORD), 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:620 # text = that we have built us an altar to turn away from following the LORD; or if to offer thereon burnt-offering or meal-offering, or if to offer sacrifices of peace-offerings thereon, let the LORD Himself require it; 1 that that SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl _ _ 10 away away ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 16 or or CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 17 if if SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 advcl _ _ 20 thereon thereon ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 burnt burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 amod _ _ 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ _ 23 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 24 or or CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ _ 27 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 29 or or CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 30 if if SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 advcl _ _ 33 sacrifices sacrifice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ _ 37 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 38 thereon thereon ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 40 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 Himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 42 nmod _ _ 44 require require VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 4 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 | **build** | present · perfect | we | a altar | us | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset we=Beneficiary altar=Product | | 2 | **turn away** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | a altar *not said here* | | | | away *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **follow** | gerund | we *not said here* | the LORD | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Theme | | 4 | **offer** *a condition, not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | burnt offering or meal offering | | | | thereon *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent offering=Theme | | 5 | **burn** | participle | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **offer** *a condition, not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | sacrifices of peace offerings | | | | thereon *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent sacrifice=Theme | | 7 | **let** | infinitive | we *not said here* | the LORD LORD | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **require** | infinitive | the LORD LORD *not said here* | altar | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Precondition | | 9 | **sacrifice** | | | peace offerings | | | | | nom sacrifice «act transitive»: of=patient | 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} לִבְנ֥וֹת לָ֙נוּ֙ מִזְבֵּ֔חַ לָשׁ֖וּב מֵאַחֲרֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וְאִם־לְהַעֲל֨וֹת עָלָ֜יו עוֹלָ֣ה וּמִנְחָ֗ה וְאִם־לַעֲשׂ֤וֹת עָלָיו֙ זִבְחֵ֣י שְׁלָמִ֔ים יְהוָ֖ה ה֥וּא יְבַקֵּֽשׁ׃ [Joshua 22:23: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.22.23/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOS:620` 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 22:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.619/) - next →: [Joshua 22:24 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.621/) - ↑ back to [Joshua 22:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.22.23/)