--- title: 1 Chronicles 11:19 (JPS 1917) — and said: 'My God forbid it me, that I should do this; shall I drink… · tree and pragmatics description: and said: 'My God forbid it me, that I should do this; shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it.' Therefore he would not drink it. 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Therefore he would not drink it. **Who acts:** God, I, men, lives · **What happens:** say, forbid, do, drink, put, bring · **To what, where:** water, me, this, blood, lives, jeopardy · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Chronicles 11:19 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 of 2 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 (God, I, men, lives), 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:491 # text = and said: 'My God forbid it me, that I should do this; shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it.' Therefore he would not drink it. 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 4 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ _ 5 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 forbid forbid VERB VB Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 iobj _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 15 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 obj _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 24 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ _ 25 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 26 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 acl:relcl _ _ 28 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 lives life NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 jeopardy jeopardy NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 ? ? PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ 33 for for SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 jeopardy jeopardy NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 lives life NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 44 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 45 Therefore therefore ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 47 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 48 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 49 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: character - polarity: neg - indirect: yes - teacher: changed form=decl, act=narrate | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **forbid** | infinitive | My God | water | me | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | should | I | this | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality | | 4 | **drink** | shall | I | the blood of this men | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=Patient | | 5 | **put** | present · perfect | this men | men's lives | | jeopardy | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent life=Theme in jeopardy=Destination | | 6 | **bring** | past | lives *= life* | water | | | | with the jeopardy of lives's lives | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 7 | **not** **drink** | would | God | water | | | | therefore *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | 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} וַיֹּ֡אמֶר חָלִילָה֩ לִּ֨י מֵאֱלֹהַ֜י מֵעֲשׂ֣וֹת זֹ֗את הֲדַ֣ם הָאֲנָשִׁים֩ הָאֵ֨לֶּה אֶשְׁתֶּ֤ה בְנַפְשׁוֹתָם֙ כִּ֣י בְנַפְשׁוֹתָ֣ם הֱבִיא֔וּם וְלֹ֥א אָבָ֖ה לִשְׁתּוֹתָ֑ם אֵ֣לֶּה עָשׂ֔וּ שְׁלֹ֖שֶׁת הַגִּבּוֹרִֽים׃ [1 Chronicles 11:19: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.11.19/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. **and said: 'My God forbid it me, that I should do this; shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it.' Therefore he would not drink it.** 2. [These things did the three mighty men.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.492/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1CH:491` 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 11:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.490/) - next →: [1 Chronicles 11:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.492/) - ↑ back to [1 Chronicles 11:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.11.19/)