--- title: Joshua 23:13 (JPS 1917) — know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive these… · tree and pragmatics description: know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap unto you, and a scourge in your sides, and pricks in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you. 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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 (you, LORD, nations, 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:644 # text = know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap unto you, and a scourge in your sides, and pricks in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you. 1 know know VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 certainty certainty NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 8 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 10 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 11 no no ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 13 advmod _ _ 13 drive drive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 ccomp _ _ 14 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 15 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 16 from from ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 out out ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 24 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 cop _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 snare snare NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 trap trap NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 31 unto unto ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nmod _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 scourge scourge NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 pricks prick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 conj _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nmod _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 until until SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 48 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 49 nsubj _ _ 49 perish perish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 50 from from ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 51 off off ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 54 det _ _ 53 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 55 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 61 obj _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 nsubj _ _ 58 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 59 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 appos _ _ 60 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 61 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 54 acl:relcl _ _ 62 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 61 iobj _ _ 63 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | for a certainty | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **drive** | future | the LORD | this nations | | your sight | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent nation=Theme from sight=Trajectory | | 3 | **is a** | shall | nations *= nation* | a snare and a trap and a scourge in your sides and pricks in your eyes | | | | unto you | tree rules | | 4 | **perish** | present | ye | | | this good land | | | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient from land=Causer | | 5 | **give** | present · perfect | the LORD | this good land | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient which=Theme | | 6 | **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} יָד֙וֹעַ֙ תֵּֽדְע֔וּ כִּי֩ לֹ֨א יוֹסִ֜יף יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֗ם לְהוֹרִ֛ישׁ אֶת־הַגּוֹיִ֥ם הָאֵ֖לֶּה מִלִּפְנֵיכֶ֑ם וְהָי֨וּ לָכֶ֜ם לְפַ֣ח וּלְמוֹקֵ֗שׁ וּלְשֹׁטֵ֤ט בְּצִדֵּיכֶם֙ וְלִצְנִנִ֣ים בְּעֵינֵיכֶ֔ם עַד־אֲבָדְכֶ֗ם מֵ֠עַל הָאֲדָמָ֤ה הַטּוֹבָה֙ הַזֹּ֔את אֲשֶׁר֙ נָתַ֣ן לָכֶ֔ם יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ [Joshua 23:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.23.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOS:644` 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 23:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.643/) - next →: [Joshua 23:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.645/) - ↑ back to [Joshua 23:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.23.13/)