--- title: 1 Chronicles 16:1 (JPS 1917) — And they brought in the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the t… · tree and pragmatics description: And they brought in the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it, and they offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before God. 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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 (they, David), 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:622 # text = And they brought in the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it, and they offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before God. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ark ark NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 obj _ _ 20 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 pitched pitch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 acl:relcl _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 offered offer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 burnt burnt ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ _ 31 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ _ 35 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 conj _ _ 36 before before ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring in** | past | they | the ark of God | | | | | vn earn-54.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ark=Asset | | 2 | **set** | past | they *not said here* | ark | | the midst of the tent | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in midst=Destination | | 3 | **pitch** | past · perfect | David | the tent | | | | for tent | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | | 4 | **offer** | past | they | burnt offerings and peace offerings | | | before God | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent offering=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} וַיָּבִ֙יאוּ֙ אֶת־אֲר֣וֹן הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים וַיַּצִּ֣יגוּ אֹת֔וֹ בְּת֣וֹךְ הָאֹ֔הֶל אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָֽטָה־ל֖וֹ דָּוִ֑יד וַיַּקְרִ֛יבוּ עֹל֥וֹת וּשְׁלָמִ֖ים לִפְנֵ֥י הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ [1 Chronicles 16:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.16.1/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1CH:622` 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 15:29 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.621/) - next →: [1 Chronicles 16:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.623/) - ↑ back to [1 Chronicles 16:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.16.1/)