1 Chronicles 21:17 · JPS 1917
And David said unto God: 'Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done very wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? let Thy hand, I pray Thee, O LORD my God, be against me, and against my father's house; but not against Thy people, that they should be plagued.'
Who acts: David, sackcloth, I, sheep, people · What happens: say, not be, command, number, be, do · To what, where: I, people, sackcloth, sheep, hand, Thee · Speech: someone speaks here
This is 1 Chronicles 21:17 · 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 (David, sackcloth, I, sheep), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 said | cc |
| 2 | David | David | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 5 God | case |
| 5 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 said | obl |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| 7 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 11 I | punct |
| 8 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 I | cop |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 I | nsubj |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 I | advmod |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 said | ccomp |
| 12 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 commanded | nsubj |
| 13 | commanded | command | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 I | acl:relcl |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 people | det |
| 15 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 commanded | obj |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 numbered | mark |
| 17 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 18 numbered | aux:pass |
| 18 | numbered | number | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 commanded | xcomp |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 11 I | punct |
| 20 | even | even | ADV | _ | 21 I | advmod |
| 21 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 26 sinned | nsubj |
| 22 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 sinned | expl |
| 23 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 sinned | cop |
| 24 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 26 sinned | nsubj |
| 25 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 sinned | aux |
| 26 | sinned | sin | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 said | ccomp |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 done | cc |
| 28 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 26 sinned | conj |
| 29 | very | very | ADV | _ | 30 wickedly | advmod |
| 30 | wickedly | wickedly | ADV | _ | 28 done | advmod |
| 31 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 41 let | punct |
| 32 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 41 let | cc |
| 33 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 34 sheep | det |
| 34 | sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 let | nsubj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 done | punct |
| 36 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 39 done | obj |
| 37 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 done | aux |
| 38 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 done | nsubj |
| 39 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 34 sheep | acl:relcl |
| 40 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 39 done | punct |
| 41 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 said | conj |
| 42 | Thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 43 hand | nmod:poss |
| 43 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 let | obj |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 pray | punct |
| 45 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 46 pray | nsubj |
| 46 | pray | pray | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 41 let | parataxis |
| 47 | Thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 46 pray | obj |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 LORD | punct |
| 49 | O | o | INTJ | _ | 50 LORD | discourse |
| 50 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 let | vocative |
| 51 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 52 God | nmod:poss |
| 52 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 50 LORD | appos |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 me | punct |
| 54 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 56 me | cop |
| 55 | against | against | ADP | _ | 56 me | case |
| 56 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 41 let | ccomp |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 house | punct |
| 58 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 63 house | cc |
| 59 | against | against | ADP | _ | 63 house | case |
| 60 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 61 father | nmod:poss |
| 61 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 house | nmod:poss |
| 62 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 61 father | case |
| 63 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 me | conj |
| 64 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 69 people | punct |
| 65 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 69 people | cc |
| 66 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 69 people | advmod |
| 67 | against | against | ADP | _ | 69 people | case |
| 68 | Thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 69 people | nmod:poss |
| 69 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 56 me | conj |
| 70 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 75 plagued | punct |
| 71 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 75 plagued | mark |
| 72 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 75 plagued | nsubj:pass |
| 73 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 75 plagued | aux |
| 74 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 75 plagued | aux:pass |
| 75 | plagued | plague | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 69 people | acl |
| 76 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| 77 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- yes/no question
- act
- evaluate
- voice
- character
- polarity
- neg
- teacher
- kept the draft
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | David | unto God | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | not is a | present | sackcloth | I | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | command | past | the people | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent people=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | number not said to happen | to-infinitive · passive | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP» | ||||||
| 5 | is | present · perfect | I | sackcloth | sin property | tree rules | |||
| 6 | do | participle | I not said here | wickedly property | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | do | present · perfect | sheep | this sheep | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ||||
| 8 | let | infinitive | this sheep | Thy hand | LORD vocative | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | |||
| 9 | pray | present | I | Thee | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | is | infinitive | this sheep not said here | against me | tree rules | ||||
| 11 | plague | should · passive | Thy people not said here | sheep | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
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
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר דָּוִ֣יד אֶֽל־הָאֱלֹהִ֡ים הֲלֹא֩ אֲנִ֨י אָמַ֜רְתִּי לִמְנ֣וֹת בָּעָ֗ם וַאֲנִי־ה֤וּא אֲשֶׁר־חָטָ֙אתִי֙ וְהָרֵ֣עַ הֲרֵע֔וֹתִי וְאֵ֥לֶּה הַצֹּ֖אן מֶ֣ה עָשׂ֑וּ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהַ֗י תְּהִ֨י נָ֤א יָֽדְךָ֙ בִּ֚י וּבְבֵ֣ית אָבִ֔י וּֽבְעַמְּךָ֖ לֹ֥א לְמַגֵּפָֽה׃ס
1 Chronicles 21:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:1CH:770 of Mova's parse database.
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