--- title: Deuteronomy 1:38 (JPS 1917) — Joshua the son of Nun, who standeth before thee, he shall go in thit… · tree and pragmatics description: Joshua the son of Nun, who standeth before thee, he shall go in thither; encourage thou him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it. Who acts: Joshua, thou, LORD, Israel. 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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 (Joshua, thou, LORD, Israel), 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:37 # text = Joshua the son of Nun, who standeth before thee, he shall go in thither; encourage thou him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it. 1 Joshua Joshua PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Nun Nun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 standeth stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 9 before before ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 8 obl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 dep _ _ 13 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 15 in in ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 thither thither ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 18 encourage encourage VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 19 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 nsubj _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 for for SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 26 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 inherit inherit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | present | Joshua | | | thee | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before thou=Location | | 2 | **go in** | shall | Joshua | | | | | thither *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **encourage** | infinitive | thou | LORD | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **cause** | shall | LORD | Israel | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **inherit** | to-infinitive | Israel *not said here* | land | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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} יְהוֹשֻׁ֤עַ בִּןנוּן֙ הָעֹמֵ֣ד לְפָנֶ֔יךָ ה֖וּא יָ֣בֹא שָׁ֑מָּה אֹת֣וֹ חַזֵּ֔ק כִּי־ה֖וּא יַנְחִלֶ֥נָּה אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ [Deuteronomy 1:38: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.1.38/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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