--- title: Joshua 23:16 (JPS 1917) — When ye transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which He comma… · tree and pragmatics description: When ye transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and worship them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which He hath given unto you.' Who acts: ye, LORD. 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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, LORD), 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:647 # text = When ye transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and worship them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which He hath given unto you.' 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 3 mark _ _ 2 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 nsubj _ _ 3 transgress transgress VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 obj _ _ 13 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 21 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 worship worship VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 26 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 28 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 29 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 kindled kindle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 37 against against ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 43 nsubj _ _ 42 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 perish perish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 44 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 from from ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 46 off off ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 50 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 53 obj _ _ 51 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 49 acl:relcl _ _ 54 unto unto ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 53 obl _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ _ 57 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: warn - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed act=warn, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **transgress** | present | ye | the covenant of the LORD | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **command** | past | LORD | the covenant of the LORD | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **serve** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | other gods | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Attribute | | 5 | **worship** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | nations *= nation* | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 6 | **kindle** | shall · passive | | the anger of the LORD | | | then | against you | vn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 7 | **perish** | shall | ye | | | the good land | | quickly *property* | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient from land=Causer | | 8 | **give** | present · perfect | LORD | the good land | | | | unto you | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 9 | **covenant** | | the LORD | | | | | | nom covenant «communication intransitive»: of=agent | | 10 | **anger** | | the LORD | | | | | | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: of=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} בְּ֠עָבְרְכֶם אֶת־בְּרִ֨ית יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוָּ֣ה אֶתְכֶם֒ וַהֲלַכְתֶּ֗ם וַעֲבַדְתֶּם֙ אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶ֖ם לָהֶ֑ם וְחָרָ֤ה אַף־יְהוָה֙ בָּכֶ֔ם וַאֲבַדְתֶּ֣ם מְהֵרָ֔ה מֵעַל֙ הָאָ֣רֶץ הַטּוֹבָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֖ר נָתַ֥ן לָכֶֽם׃פ [Joshua 23:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.23.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOS:647` 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 23:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.646/) - next →: [Joshua 24:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.648/) - ↑ back to [Joshua 23:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.23.16/)