--- title: 1 Chronicles 12:19 (JPS 1917) — Then the spirit clothed Amasai, who was chief of the captains: Thine… · tree and pragmatics description: Then the spirit clothed Amasai, who was chief of the captains: Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse; peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thy helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. 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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 (spirit, Amasai, thou, peace), 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:538 # text = Then the spirit clothed Amasai, who was chief of the captains: Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse; peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thy helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 clothed clothe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 Amasai Amasai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 chief chief ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 acl:relcl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 captains captain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 13 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 14 Thine thy PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 obj _ _ 15 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 parataxis _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 vocative _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 26 nsubj _ _ 26 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Jesse Jesse PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 30 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 cop _ _ 34 unto unto ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 parataxis _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 38 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 cop _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 helpers helper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 conj _ _ 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 44 for for SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 45 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 47 helpeth help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 48 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 47 obj _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **clothe** | past | the spirit | Amasai | | | then | | vn dress-41.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent amasai=Patient | | 2 | **is** | past | Amasai | | | | | of the captains; chief *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | present | | we | | | | David *vocative* | tree rules | | 4 | **son** | | thou | | | | | of Jesse | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | infinitive | peace and peace | | | | | unto thee | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | infinitive | peace | | | | | to thy helpers | tree rules | | 7 | **help** | present | thy God | thee | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Beneficiary | 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} וְר֣וּחַ לָבְשָׁ֗ה אֶת־עֲמָשַׂי֮ רֹ֣אשׁ הַשָּׁלִישִׁים֒ לְךָ֤ דָוִיד֙ וְעִמְּךָ֣ בֶן־יִשַׁ֔י שָׁל֨וֹם ׀ שָׁל֜וֹם לְךָ֗ וְשָׁלוֹם֙ לְעֹ֣זְרֶ֔ךָ כִּ֥י עֲזָרְךָ֖ אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ וַיְקַבְּלֵ֣ם דָּוִ֔יד וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖ם בְּרָאשֵׁ֥י הַגְּדֽוּד׃פ [1 Chronicles 12:19: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.12.19/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. **Then the spirit clothed Amasai, who was chief of the captains: Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse; peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thy helpers; for thy God helpeth thee.** 2. [Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.539/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1CH:538` 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 12:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.537/) - next →: [1 Chronicles 12:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.539/) - ↑ back to [1 Chronicles 12:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.12.19/)