--- title: Joshua 22:25 (JPS 1917) — for the LORD hath made the Jordan a border between us and you, ye ch… · tree and pragmatics description: for the LORD hath made the Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no portion in the LORD; so might your children make our children cease from fearing the LORD. Who acts: LORD, ye, children. 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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 (LORD, ye, children), 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:622 # text = for the LORD hath made the Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no portion in the LORD; so might your children make our children cease from fearing the LORD. 1 for for SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Jordan Jordan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 iobj _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 border border NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 10 between between ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nmod _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 conj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 appos _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Reuben Reuben PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 conj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Gad Gad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 24 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nsubj _ _ 25 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 26 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 27 det _ _ 27 portion portion NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 32 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 33 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 34 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 36 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 37 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 39 cease cease VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 40 from from SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 41 fearing fear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 39 advcl _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 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 | **make** | present · perfect | the LORD | a border | the Jordan | | | between us | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset jordan=Beneficiary border=Product | | 2 | **have** | present | ye | no portion | | | | in the LORD | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent portion=Patient | | 3 | **make** | might | your children | our children | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **cease** | infinitive | our children *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 5 | **fear** | gerund | our children *not said here* | the LORD | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lord=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} וּגְב֣וּל נָֽתַן־יְ֠הוָה בֵּינֵ֨נוּ וּבֵינֵיכֶ֜ם בְּנֵי־רְאוּבֵ֤ן וּבְנֵי־גָד֙ אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן אֵין־לָכֶ֥ם חֵ֖לֶק בַּֽיהוָ֑ה וְהִשְׁבִּ֤יתוּ בְנֵיכֶם֙ אֶת־בָּנֵ֔ינוּ לְבִלְתִּ֖י יְרֹ֥א אֶת־יְהוָֽה׃ [Joshua 22:25: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.22.25/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOS:622` 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 22:24 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.621/) - next →: [Joshua 22:26 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.623/) - ↑ back to [Joshua 22:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.22.25/)