--- title: 1 Chronicles 9:33 (JPS 1917) — And these are the singers, heads of fathers' houses of the Levites,… · tree and pragmatics description: And these are the singers, heads of fathers' houses of the Levites, who dwelt in the chambers and were free from other service; for they were employed in their work day and night. Who acts: these, houses. 1 Chronicles 9:33 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.445/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [1 Chronicles](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH/) / [chapter 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH/9/) / [9:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.9.33/) / JPS 1 # 1 Chronicles 9:33 · JPS 1917 And these are the singers, heads of fathers' houses of the Levites, who dwelt in the chambers and were free from other service; for they were employed in their work day and night. **Who acts:** these, houses · **What happens:** be, dwell, employ · **To what, where:** singers, chambers, other service, Levites This is 1 Chronicles 9:33 · 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 (these, houses), 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:1CH:445 # text = And these are the singers, heads of fathers' houses of the Levites, who dwelt in the chambers and were free from other service; for they were employed in their work day and night. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 singers singer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 appos _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 ' 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Levites levite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 17 dwelt dwell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 chambers chamber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 23 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 conj _ _ 24 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 28 for for SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 employed employ VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | these | the singers | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **dwell** | past | fathers's houses of the Levites | | | the chambers | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in chamber=Location | | 3 | **is** | past | fathers's houses of the Levites *not said here* | | | other service | | free *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **employ** | past · passive | | Levites *= levite* | | | day | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=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} וְאֵ֣לֶּה הַ֠מְשֹׁרְרִים רָאשֵׁ֨י אָב֧וֹת לַלְוִיִּ֛ם בַּלְּשָׁכֹ֖ת פְּטוּרִ֑ים כִּֽי־יוֹמָ֥ם וָלַ֛יְלָה עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם בַּמְּלָאכָֽה׃ [1 Chronicles 9:33: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.9.33/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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