--- title: Joshua 22:30 (JPS 1917) — And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation, e… · tree and pragmatics description: And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation, even the heads of the thousands of Israel that were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spoke, it pleased them well. 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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 (thousands, Phinehas, children, altar), 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:627 # text = And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation, even the heads of the thousands of Israel that were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spoke, it pleased them well. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 27 mark _ _ 3 Phinehas Phinehas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 congregation congregation NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 even even ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 appos _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 thousands thousand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 22 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 23 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 acl:relcl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 27 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 advcl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 30 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 obj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Reuben Reuben PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 conj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 Gad Gad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 conj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 Manasseh Manasseh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 45 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 pleased please VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 49 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 48 advmod _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 48 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the thousands of Israel | | | | | with Israel | tree rules | | 2 | **hear** | past | Phinehas and the princes of the congregation | the words | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh | the words | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **please** | past | altar | children *= child* | | | | well *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer | 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} וַיִּשְׁמַ֞ע פִּֽינְחָ֣ס הַכֹּהֵ֗ן וּנְשִׂיאֵ֨י הָעֵדָ֜ה וְרָאשֵׁ֨י אַלְפֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתּ֔וֹ אֶת־הַ֨דְּבָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֧ר דִּבְּר֛וּ בְּנֵי־רְאוּבֵ֥ן וּבְנֵי־גָ֖ד וּבְנֵ֣י מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה וַיִּיטַ֖ב בְּעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃ [Joshua 22:30: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.22.30/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOS:627` 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 22:29 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.626/) - next →: [Joshua 22:31 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.628/) - ↑ back to [Joshua 22:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.22.30/)