--- title: 1 Chronicles 11:3 (JPS 1917) — So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and David ma… · tree and pragmatics description: So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Samuel. 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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 (elders, David, hand), 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:475 # text = So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Samuel. 1 So so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 4 det:predet _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 elders elder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Hebron Hebron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Hebron Hebron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 23 before before ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 anointed anoint VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 30 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 31 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 xcomp _ _ 32 over over ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 case _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 35 fixed _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 by by ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 Samuel Samuel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 47 . . PUNCT . _ 7 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 | **come** | past | all elders of Israel | | Hebron | | | to the king | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to king=Initial\_Location to hebron=Destination | | 2 | **make** | past | David | a covenant | | Hebron | before the LORD | with elders *= elder* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent covenant=Product | | 3 | **anoint** | past | elders *= elder* | David | | Israel | | accord the word of the LORD by the hand of Samuel | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent david=Result | | 4 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **word** | | the hand of Samuel | the LORD | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient by=agent | 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} וַ֠יָּבֹאוּ כָּל־זִקְנֵ֨י יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל אֶל־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ חֶבְר֔וֹנָה וַיִּכְרֹת֩ לָהֶ֨ם דָּוִ֥יד בְּרִ֛ית בְּחֶבְר֖וֹן לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַיִּמְשְׁח֨וּ אֶת־דָּוִ֤יד לְמֶ֙לֶךְ֙ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כִּדְבַ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה בְּיַד־שְׁמוּאֵֽל׃ס [1 Chronicles 11:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.11.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1CH:475` 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: [1 Chronicles 11:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.474/) - next →: [1 Chronicles 11:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.476/) - ↑ back to [1 Chronicles 11:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.11.3/)