--- title: Joshua 1:9 (JPS 1917) — Be strong and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou di… · tree and pragmatics description: Be strong and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.' Who acts: you, LORD, 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 (you, LORD, 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:9 # text = Be strong and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.' 1 Be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 2 cop _ _ 2 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 courage courage NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 cop _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 affrighted affright VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 15 cc _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux:pass _ _ 14 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 dismayed dismay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ _ 16 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 17 for for SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 20 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 appos _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 2 parataxis _ _ 25 whithersoever whithersoever SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 nsubj _ _ 27 goest go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 28 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 29 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: changed form=imp, act=request | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | strong *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **is** | infinitive | | | | | | affright *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **dismay** | infinitive · passive | | thou | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** | present | the LORD | | | | | with thee | tree rules | | 5 | **go** | present | thou | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} הֲל֤וֹא צִוִּיתִ֙יךָ֙ חֲזַ֣ק וֶאֱמָ֔ץ אַֽל־תַּעֲרֹ֖ץ וְאַל־תֵּחָ֑ת כִּ֤י עִמְּךָ֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ בְּכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר תֵּלֵֽךְ׃פ [Joshua 1:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.1.9/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. [Have not I commanded thee?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.8/) 2. **Be strong and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.'** **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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