--- title: Joshua 23:7 (JPS 1917) — that ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; n… · tree and pragmatics description: that ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor worship them; Who acts: ye. 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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 (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:638 # text = that ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor worship them; 1 that that SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 nsubj _ _ 3 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 5 among among ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 7 appos _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 remain remain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 12 among among ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 15 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 16 cc:preconj _ _ 16 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 17 mention mention NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 26 cc _ _ 26 cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 swear swear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 by by ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 33 cc:preconj _ _ 33 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 37 cc _ _ 37 worship worship VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 38 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 3 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 | **not** **come** | present | ye | | | this nations | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among nation=Location | | 2 | **remain** | present | | | | | | among you | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among you=Location | | 3 | **make** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | mention of the name of nations's gods | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mention=Product | | 4 | **cause** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **swear** | to-infinitive | ye *not said here* | | | | | by nations *= nation* | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **serve** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | nations *= nation* | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Attribute | | 7 | **worship** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | nations *= nation* | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 8 | **mention** | | | the name of nations's gods | | | | | nom mention «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **name** | | | nations's gods | | | | | nom name «communication 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} לְבִלְתִּי־בוֹא֙ בַּגּוֹיִ֣ם הָאֵ֔לֶּה הַנִּשְׁאָרִ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה אִתְּכֶ֑ם וּבְשֵׁ֨ם אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֤ם לֹא־תַזְכִּ֙ירוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א תַשְׁבִּ֔יעוּ וְלֹ֣א תַעַבְד֔וּם וְלֹ֥א תִֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּ לָהֶֽם׃ [Joshua 23:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.23.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOS:638` 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 23:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.637/) - next →: [Joshua 23:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.639/) - ↑ back to [Joshua 23:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.23.7/)