--- title: Joshua 23:12 (JPS 1917) — Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of th… · tree and pragmatics description: Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you; Who acts: ye, marriages. 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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, marriages), 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:643 # text = Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you; 1 Else else ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 3 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 8 nsubj _ _ 4 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 7 wise wise NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 8 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 back back ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 cleave cleave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 13 unto unto ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 remnant remnant NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 18 det _ _ 18 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 even even ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 18 nmod _ _ 22 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 remain remain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 24 among among ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 29 marriages marriage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 35 in in ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 unto unto ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 orphan _ _ 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go back** | present · do-support | ye | | | any wise | | else *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **cleave** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | | | | | unto the remnant of this nations these | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **remain** | present | | | | | | among you | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among you=Location | | 4 | **make** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | marriages | | | | with nations *= nation* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset marriage=Product | | 5 | **go in** | infinitive | marriages *= marriage* | | | | | unto nations *= nation* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} כִּ֣י ׀ אִם־שׁ֣וֹב תָּשׁ֗וּבוּ וּדְבַקְתֶּם֙ בְּיֶ֙תֶר֙ הַגּוֹיִ֣ם הָאֵ֔לֶּה הַנִּשְׁאָרִ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה אִתְּכֶ֑ם וְהִֽתְחַתַּנְתֶּ֥ם בָּהֶ֛ם וּבָאתֶ֥ם בָּהֶ֖ם וְהֵ֥ם בָּכֶֽם׃ [Joshua 23:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.23.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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