--- title: 1 Chronicles 15:2 (JPS 1917) — Then David said: 'None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites… · tree and pragmatics description: Then David said: 'None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites; for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of the LORD, and to minister unto Him for ever.' 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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 (David, LORD), 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:594 # text = Then David said: 'None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites; for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of the LORD, and to minister unto Him for ever.' 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 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 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 6 None none PRON NN PronType=Neg 7 nsubj _ _ 7 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 ark ark NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Levites levite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 20 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 ark ark NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 minister minister VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 35 unto unto ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 34 obl _ _ 38 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 37 fixed _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 40 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | David | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **carry** | ought | | the ark of God | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ark=Theme | | 3 | **choose** | present · perfect | the LORD | | | | | for Levites *= levite* | tree rules | | 4 | **carry** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | the ark of the LORD | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ark=Theme | | 5 | **minister** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | | | | | unto David | tree rules | 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} אָ֚ז אָמַ֣ר דָּוִ֔יד לֹ֤א לָשֵׂאת֙ אֶת־אֲר֣וֹן הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים כִּ֖י אִם־הַלְוִיִּ֑ם כִּי־בָ֣ם ׀ בָּחַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה לָשֵׂ֞את אֶת־אֲר֧וֹן יְהוָ֛ה וּֽלְשָׁרְת֖וֹ עַד־עוֹלָֽם׃ס [1 Chronicles 15:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.15.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1CH:594` 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 15:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.593/) - next →: [1 Chronicles 15:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.595/) - ↑ back to [1 Chronicles 15:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.15.2/)