--- title: 1 Chronicles 15:12 (JPS 1917) — and said unto them: 'Ye are the heads of the fathers' houses of the… · tree and pragmatics description: and said unto them: 'Ye are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites; sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, unto the place that I have prepared for it. 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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 (Ye, I), 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:604 # text = and said unto them: 'Ye are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites; sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, unto the place that I have prepared for it. 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 unto unto ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 5 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 6 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ _ 7 Ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 nsubj _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 parataxis _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 ' 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Levites Levites PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 20 sanctify sanctify VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 21 yourselves yourselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 20 obj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 both both CCONJ CC _ 24 cc:preconj _ _ 24 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 nsubj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 brethren brethren NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 nsubj _ _ 31 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ _ 33 up up ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 ark ark NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 appos _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 unto unto ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 48 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 51 obj _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 prepared prepare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 47 acl:relcl _ _ 52 for for ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obl _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | unto Amminadab | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | Ye | the heads | | | | of the fathers's houses of the Levites | tree rules | | 3 | **sanctify** | infinitive | ye | yourselves | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **bring up** | may | ye | the ark of the LORD | | | | unto the place | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent ark=Patient | | 5 | **prepare** | present · perfect | I | the place | | | | for place | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent that=Product for it=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} וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָהֶ֔ם אַתֶּ֛ם רָאשֵׁ֥י הָאָב֖וֹת לַלְוִיִּ֑ם הִֽתְקַדְּשׁוּ֙ אַתֶּ֣ם וַאֲחֵיכֶ֔ם וְהַֽעֲלִיתֶ֗ם אֵ֣ת אֲר֤וֹן יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶל־הֲכִינ֖וֹתִי לֽוֹ׃ [1 Chronicles 15:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.15.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1CH:604` 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 15:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.603/) - next →: [1 Chronicles 15:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.605/) - ↑ back to [1 Chronicles 15:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.15.12/)