--- title: Joshua 1:8 (JPS 1917) — This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou sha… · tree and pragmatics description: This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein; for then thou shalt make thy ways prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. Who acts: book, thou. 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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 (book, thou), 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:7 # text = This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein; for then thou shalt make thy ways prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 depart depart VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 out out ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 nsubj _ _ 16 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 meditate meditate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 18 therein therein ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl:unmarked _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 26 nsubj _ _ 25 mayest may AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 observe observe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 case _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 29 fixed _ _ 31 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 28 obl _ _ 32 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl:relcl _ _ 35 therein therein ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 37 for for SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 41 advmod _ _ 39 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 41 nsubj _ _ 40 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 42 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 ways way NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ _ 44 prosperous prosperous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 xcomp _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 47 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 50 advmod _ _ 48 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 50 nsubj _ _ 49 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 51 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 success success NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 53 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=request, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **depart** | shall | this book of the law | | | thy mouth | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme out mouth=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **meditate** | shall | thou | | | | day | therein *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **observe** | may | thou | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **do** | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* | | | | | accord all | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **write** | present · passive | | | | | | therein *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **make** | shall | thou | thy ways | | | then | prosperous *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset way=Product | | 8 | **have** | shall | thou | good success | | | then | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent success=Patient | 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} לֹֽא־יָמ֡וּשׁ סֵפֶר֩ הַתּוֹרָ֨ה הַזֶּ֜ה מִפִּ֗יךָ וְהָגִ֤יתָ בּוֹ֙ יוֹמָ֣ם וָלַ֔יְלָה לְמַ֙עַן֙ תִּשְׁמֹ֣ר לַעֲשׂ֔וֹת כְּכָל־הַכָּת֖וּב בּ֑וֹ כִּי־אָ֛ז תַּצְלִ֥יחַ אֶת־דְּרָכֶ֖ךָ וְאָ֥ז תַּשְׂכִּֽיל׃ [Joshua 1:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.1.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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