--- title: Joshua 22:27 (JPS 1917) — but it shall be a witness between us and you, and between our genera… · tree and pragmatics description: but it shall be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we may do the service of the LORD before Him with our burnt-offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace-offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come: Ye have no portion in --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.624/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Joshua](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS/) / [chapter 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS/22/) / [22:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.22.27/) / JPS 1 # Joshua 22:27 · JPS 1917 but it shall be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we may do the service of the LORD before Him with our burnt-offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace-offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come: Ye have no portion in the LORD. **Who acts:** altar, we, children, Ye, our · **What happens:** be, do, burn, not say, come, have · **To what, where:** witness, service, portion, LORD · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Joshua 22:27 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (altar, we, children, 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:624 # text = but it shall be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we may do the service of the LORD before Him with our burnt-offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace-offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come: Ye have no portion in the LORD. 1 but but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 witness witness NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 between between ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 conj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 between between ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 generations generation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 16 after after ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nmod _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 before before ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 31 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 32 burnt burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 amod _ _ 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ _ 34 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 sacrifices sacrifice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 conj _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 43 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 44 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ _ 46 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 conj _ _ 47 ; ; PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 48 that that SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 49 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 nsubj _ _ 51 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 52 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 53 advmod _ _ 53 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 54 to to ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obl _ _ 57 in in ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 59 to to PART TO _ 60 mark _ _ 60 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 acl _ _ 61 : : PUNCT : _ 63 punct _ _ 62 Ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 63 nsubj _ _ 63 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 ccomp _ _ 64 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 65 det _ _ 65 portion portion NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obj _ _ 66 in in ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 65 nmod _ _ 69 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert, polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | shall | altar | a witness and our generations after us | | | | between us | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | may | we | the service of the LORD | | | before LORD | with our burnt offerings and our sacrifices and our peace offerings | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent service=Eventuality | | 3 | **burn** | participle | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | may | your children | | | | time | to our children | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to child=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 5 | **come** | to-infinitive | your children *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **have** | present | Ye | no portion | | | | in the LORD | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent portion=Patient | | 7 | **service** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom service «act transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **offer** | | our | | | | | | nom offering «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **sacrifice** | | our | | | | | | nom sacrifice «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **offer** | | our | | | | | | nom offering «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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} כִּי֩ עֵ֨ד ה֜וּא בֵּינֵ֣ינוּ וּבֵינֵיכֶ֗ם וּבֵ֣ין דֹּרוֹתֵינוּ֮ אַחֲרֵינוּ֒ לַעֲבֹ֞ד אֶת־עֲבֹדַ֤ת יְהוָה֙ לְפָנָ֔יו בְּעֹלוֹתֵ֥ינוּ וּבִזְבָחֵ֖ינוּ וּבִשְׁלָמֵ֑ינוּ וְלֹא־יֹאמְר֨וּ בְנֵיכֶ֤ם מָחָר֙ לְבָנֵ֔ינוּ אֵין־לָכֶ֥ם חֵ֖לֶק בַּיהוָֽה׃ [Joshua 22:27: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.22.27/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOS:624` 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 22:26 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.623/) - next →: [Joshua 22:28 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.625/) - ↑ back to [Joshua 22:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.22.27/)