--- title: Joshua 5:14 (JPS 1917) — And he said: 'Nay, but I am captain of the host of the LORD; I am no… · tree and pragmatics description: And he said: 'Nay, but I am captain of the host of the LORD; I am now come.' And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and bowed down, and said unto him: 'What saith my lord unto his servant?' Who acts: Joshua, I. 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And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and bowed down, and said unto him: 'What saith my lord unto his servant?' **Who acts:** Joshua, I · **What happens:** say, be, come, fall, bow down · **To what, where:** captain, face, lord · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Joshua 5:14 · 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 (Joshua, 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:97 # text = And he said: 'Nay, but I am captain of the host of the LORD; I am now come.' And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and bowed down, and said unto him: 'What saith my lord unto his servant?' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ _ 6 Nay nay INTJ UH _ 11 discourse _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 captain captain NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ _ 22 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 23 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ 24 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ 25 And and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 Joshua Joshua PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 bowed bow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 37 down down ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 41 unto unto ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ _ 43 : : PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 44 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ _ 45 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 46 nsubj _ _ 46 saith say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 ccomp _ _ 47 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 unto unto ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 52 ? ? PUNCT . _ 46 punct _ _ 53 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 46 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=ask | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Joshua | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | I | captain | | | | of the host of the LORD | tree rules | | 3 | **come** | present · passive | I | | | | now | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **fall** | past | Joshua | | | Joshua's face | | to the earth | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on face=Location | | 5 | **bow down** | past | Joshua *not said here* | | | | | down *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Joshua *not said here* | | | | | unto Joshua | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | my lord | | | | unto Joshua's servant | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent lord=Topic | 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} וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ׀ לֹ֗א כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י שַׂר־צְבָֽא־יְהוָ֖ה עַתָּ֣ה בָ֑אתִי וַיִּפֹּל֩ יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ אֶל־פָּנָ֥יו אַ֙רְצָה֙ וַיִּשְׁתָּ֔חוּ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֔וֹ מָ֥ה אֲדֹנִ֖י מְדַבֵּ֥ר אֶל־עַבְדּֽוֹ׃ [Joshua 5:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.5.14/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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