--- title: 1 Chronicles 13:2 (JPS 1917) — And David said unto all the assembly of Israel: 'If it seem good unt… · tree and pragmatics description: And David said unto all the assembly of Israel: 'If it seem good unto you, and if it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad everywhere unto our brethren that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them to the priests and Levites that are in their cities that have open land about them, that --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.563/) [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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH/13/) / [13:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.13.2/) / JPS 1 # 1 Chronicles 13:2 · JPS 1917 And David said unto all the assembly of Israel: 'If it seem good unto you, and if it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad everywhere unto our brethren that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them to the priests and Levites that are in their cities that have open land about them, that they may gather themselves unto us; **Who acts:** David, it, assembly, us, priests, cities · **What happens:** say, seem, be, let, send, leave · **To what, where:** us, brethren, land, cities, open land · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Chronicles 13:2 · 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, it, assembly, us), 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:563 # text = And David said unto all the assembly of Israel: 'If it seem good unto you, and if it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad everywhere unto our brethren that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them to the priests and Levites that are in their cities that have open land about them, that they may gather themselves unto us; 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 7 det:predet _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 assembly assembly NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 11 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ _ 12 If if SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 seem seem VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 15 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 xcomp _ _ 16 unto unto ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 20 if if SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 cop _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 advcl _ _ 26 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 appos _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 29 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 30 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 abroad abroad ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 everywhere everywhere ADV RB PronType=Tot 31 advmod _ _ 34 unto unto ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 brethren brethren NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 37 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 acl:relcl _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 43 det:predet _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 with with ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nmod _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nmod _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 Levites levite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 52 conj _ _ 55 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 59 nsubj _ _ 56 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 59 cop _ _ 57 in in ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 59 cities city NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 acl:relcl _ _ 60 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 61 nsubj _ _ 61 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 59 acl:relcl _ _ 62 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 63 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obj _ _ 64 about about ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nmod _ _ 66 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 67 that that SCONJ IN _ 70 mark _ _ 68 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 70 nsubj _ _ 69 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 70 aux _ _ 70 gather gather VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 71 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 70 obj _ _ 72 unto unto ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 73 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 70 obl _ _ 74 ; ; PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: suggest - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed hedge=0 | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | David | | | | | unto all assembly of Israel | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **seem** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | it | | | | | unto you; good *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive | assembly | | | | | of the LORD | tree rules | | 4 | **let** | infinitive | | us | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **send** | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | unto our brethren with brethren; abroad, everywhere *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **leave** | present · passive | | our brethren with brethren | | all land of Israel | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in land=Location | | 7 | **is** | present | the priests and Levites | | | Levites's cities | | | tree rules | | 8 | **have** | present | Levites's cities | open land | | | | about cities *= city* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Patient | | 9 | **gather** | may | cities *= city* | cities *= city* | | | | unto us | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=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} וַיֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֜יד לְכֹ֣ל ׀ קְהַ֣ל יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אִם־עֲלֵיכֶ֨ם ט֜וֹב וּמִן־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ נִפְרְצָה֙ נִשְׁלְחָ֞ה עַל־אַחֵ֣ינוּ הַנִּשְׁאָרִ֗ים בְּכֹל֙ אַרְצ֣וֹת יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְעִמָּהֶ֛ם הַכֹּהֲנִ֥ים וְהַלְוִיִּ֖ם בְּעָרֵ֣י מִגְרְשֵׁיהֶ֑ם וְיִקָּבְצ֖וּ אֵלֵֽינוּ׃ [1 Chronicles 13:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.13.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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