--- title: Joshua 24:15 (JPS 1917) — And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day… · tree and pragmatics description: And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.' Who acts: you, ye, fathers, gods. 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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, ye, fathers, gods), 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:662 # text = And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 expl _ _ 4 seem seem VERB VBP Mood=Sub|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 5 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 unto unto ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 csubj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 13 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 iobj _ _ 15 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 16 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl:unmarked _ _ 17 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 obj _ _ 18 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 nsubj _ _ 19 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 acl:relcl _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 22 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 obj _ _ 26 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 28 served serve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 29 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 30 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 31 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 River River PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 parataxis _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 or or CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 conj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 Amorites amorite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 45 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 46 nsubj _ _ 46 dwell dwell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 47 ; ; PUNCT : _ 58 punct _ _ 48 but but CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 49 as as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 51 case _ _ 50 for for ADP IN _ 49 fixed _ _ 51 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 58 obl _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 53 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 conj _ _ 55 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 56 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 57 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 obj _ _ 61 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ 62 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: suggest - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - hedged: yes - teacher: changed act=suggest | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seem** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you *not said here* | River | | | | evil *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **serve** | to-infinitive | | the LORD | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Attribute | | 3 | **choose** | imperative | you *not said here* | | you | | day | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 4 | **serve** | future | ye | this day | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Attribute | | 5 | **serve** | past | your fathers | the gods | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Attribute | | 6 | **is** | past | the gods | | | | | beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites | tree rules | | 7 | **dwell** | present | ye | | | land | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in land=Location | | 8 | **serve** | future | we | the LORD | | | | as me | vn spend\_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent lord=Duration as i=Attribute | 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} וְאִם֩ רַ֨ע בְּֽעֵינֵיכֶ֜ם לַעֲבֹ֣ד אֶת־יְהוָ֗ה בַּחֲר֨וּ לָכֶ֣ם הַיּוֹם֮ אֶת־מִ֣י תַעֲבֹדוּן֒ אִ֣ם אֶת־אֱלֹהִ֞ים אֲשֶׁר־עָבְד֣וּ אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֗ם אֲשֶׁר֙ מֵעֵ֣בֶרהַנָּהָ֔ר וְאִם֙ אֶת־אֱלֹהֵ֣י הָאֱמֹרִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתֶּ֖ם יֹשְׁבִ֣ים בְּאַרְצָ֑ם וְאָנֹכִ֣י וּבֵיתִ֔י נַעֲבֹ֖ד אֶת־יְהוָֽה׃פ [Joshua 24:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.24.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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