--- title: Joshua 23:5 (JPS 1917) — And the LORD your God, He shall thrust them out from before you, and… · tree and pragmatics description: And the LORD your God, He shall thrust them out from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your God spoke unto you. Who acts: LORD, ye, your. 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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, your), 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:636 # text = And the LORD your God, He shall thrust them out from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your God spoke unto you. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 4 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 7 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 thrust thrust VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 out out ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 before before ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 drive drive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 from from ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 out out ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 nsubj _ _ 27 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 possess possess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 29 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 as as SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 35 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 appos _ _ 37 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 38 unto unto ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thrust out** | shall | the LORD | nations *= nation* | | | | from you | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent they=Theme from you=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **drive** | infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | nations *= nation* | | your sight | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme from sight=Trajectory | | 3 | **possess** | shall | ye | nations's land | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot land=Theme | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the LORD | | | | | unto you | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **sight** | | your | | | | | | nom sight «cognition 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} וַיהוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֗ם ה֚וּא יֶהְדֳּפֵ֣ם מִפְּנֵיכֶ֔ם וְהוֹרִ֥ישׁ אֹתָ֖ם מִלִּפְנֵיכֶ֑ם וִֽירִשְׁתֶּם֙ אֶת־אַרְצָ֔ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבֶּ֛ר יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם לָכֶֽם׃ [Joshua 23:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.23.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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