--- title: Deuteronomy 3:21 (JPS 1917) — And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying: 'Thine eyes have seen a… · tree and pragmatics description: And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying: 'Thine eyes have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto these two kings; so shall the LORD do unto all the kingdoms whither thou goest over. Who acts: I, eyes, 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 (I, eyes, 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:DEU:104 # text = And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying: 'Thine eyes have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto these two kings; so shall the LORD do unto all the kingdoms whither thou goest over. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Joshua Joshua PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 10 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 11 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ _ 12 Thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 14 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 ccomp _ _ 16 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 15 obj _ _ 17 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 obj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 20 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 appos _ _ 22 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 acl:relcl _ _ 24 unto unto ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 27 det _ _ 26 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nummod _ _ 27 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 30 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 parataxis _ _ 34 unto unto ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 37 det:predet _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 kingdoms kingdom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 38 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 40 advmod _ _ 39 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 nsubj _ _ 40 goest go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 41 over over ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **command** | past | I | Joshua | | | time | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent joshua=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **see** | present · perfect | Thine eyes | all | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer all=Stimulus | | 4 | **do** | present · perfect | the LORD | | | | | unto this two kings | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 5 | **do** | shall | the LORD | | | | | unto all kingdoms | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **go over** | present | thou | | | | | over, whither *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: 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} וְאֶת־יְהוֹשׁ֣וּעַ צִוֵּ֔יתִי בָּעֵ֥ת הַהִ֖וא לֵאמֹ֑ר עֵינֶ֣יךָ הָרֹאֹ֗ת אֵת֩ כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשָׂ֜ה יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם֙ לִשְׁנֵי֙ הַמְּלָכִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה כֵּֽן־יַעֲשֶׂ֤ה יְהוָה֙ לְכָל־הַמַּמְלָכ֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתָּ֖ה עֹבֵ֥ר שָֽׁמָּה׃ [Deuteronomy 3:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.3.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DEU:104` 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: [Deuteronomy 3:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.103/) - next →: [Deuteronomy 3:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.105/) - ↑ back to [Deuteronomy 3:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.3.21/)