--- title: Joshua 5:9 (JPS 1917) — And the LORD said unto Joshua: 'This day have I rolled away the repr… · tree and pragmatics description: And the LORD said unto Joshua: 'This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you.' Wherefore the name of that place was called Gilgal, unto this day. Who acts: LORD, I. 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Wherefore the name of that place was called Gilgal, unto this day. **Who acts:** LORD, I · **What happens:** say, roll away, call, name · **To what, where:** reproach, name, place · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Joshua 5:9 · 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 (LORD, I), 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:92 # text = And the LORD said unto Joshua: 'This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you.' Wherefore the name of that place was called Gilgal, unto this day. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Joshua Joshua PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ _ 9 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 10 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl:unmarked _ _ 11 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 rolled roll VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ _ 14 away away ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 reproach reproach NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 from from ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 off off ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ 22 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ 23 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 24 Wherefore wherefore ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 29 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 32 Gilgal Gilgal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 xcomp _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 unto unto ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 36 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the LORD | | | | | unto Joshua | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **roll away** | present · perfect | I | the reproach of Egypt | | | day | from you; away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent reproach=Theme from you=Trajectory | | 3 | **call** | past · passive | | the name of that place | | | day | wherefore *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 4 | **name** | | | that place | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=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} וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ הַיּ֗וֹם גַּלּ֛וֹתִי אֶת־חֶרְפַּ֥ת מִצְרַ֖יִם מֵעֲלֵיכֶ֑ם וַיִּקְרָ֞א שֵׁ֣ם הַמָּק֤וֹם הַהוּא֙ גִּלְגָּ֔ל עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃ [Joshua 5:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.5.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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