--- title: Joshua 24:17 (JPS 1917) — for the LORD our God, He it is that brought us and our fathers up ou… · tree and pragmatics description: for the LORD our God, He it is that brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and that did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the peoples through the midst of whom we passed; Who acts: land, that, we --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.664/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Joshua](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS/) / [chapter 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS/24/) / [24:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.24.17/) / JPS 1 # Joshua 24:17 · JPS 1917 for the LORD our God, He it is that brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and that did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the peoples through the midst of whom we passed; **Who acts:** land, that, we, our · **What happens:** be, bring, do, preserve, go, pass · **To what, where:** God, us, land, great signs, sight, way This is Joshua 24:17 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (land, that, we, our), 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:664 # text = for the LORD our God, He it is that brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and that did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the peoples through the midst of whom we passed; 1 for for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 4 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 7 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 0 root _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 12 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ _ 16 up up ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 17 out out ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 bondage bondage NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 nsubj _ _ 32 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 33 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 35 det _ _ 34 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 signs sign NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 preserved preserve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 42 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 46 det:predet _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 47 wherein wherein ADV WRB PronType=Int 49 advmod _ _ 48 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 acl:relcl _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 52 among among ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 53 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 55 det:predet _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 peoples people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 conj _ _ 56 through through ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 62 obl _ _ 61 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 acl:relcl _ _ 63 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | land | God | | | | for the LORD | tree rules | | 2 | **bring** | past | | us | | the land of Egypt | | from the house of bondage | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent we=Theme out land=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **do** | past | that | that great signs | | our sight | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Eventuality | | 4 | **preserve** | past | that *not said here* | | us | all way and all peoples through the midst | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Beneficiary | | 5 | **go** | past | we | | | | | wherein *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **pass** | past | we | | | | | of the midst | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of whom=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **sight** | | our | | | | | | 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} כִּ֚י יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ הוּא֩ הַמַּעֲלֶ֨ה אֹתָ֧נוּ וְאֶת־אֲבוֹתֵ֛ינוּ מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרַ֖יִם מִבֵּ֣ית עֲבָדִ֑ים וַאֲשֶׁ֧ר עָשָׂ֣ה לְעֵינֵ֗ינוּ אֶת־הָאֹת֤וֹת הַגְּדֹלוֹת֙ הָאֵ֔לֶּה וַֽיִּשְׁמְרֵ֗נוּ בְּכָל־הַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָלַ֣כְנוּ בָ֔הּ וּבְכֹל֙ הָֽעַמִּ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָבַ֖רְנוּ בְּקִרְבָּֽם׃ [Joshua 24:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.24.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOS:664` 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 24:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.663/) - next →: [Joshua 24:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.665/) - ↑ back to [Joshua 24:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.24.17/)