--- title: 1 Chronicles 17:1 (JPS 1917) — And it came to pass, when David dwelt in his house, that David said… · tree and pragmatics description: And it came to pass, when David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet: 'Lo, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD dwelleth under curtains.' 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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 (it, David, I, ark), 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:666 # text = And it came to pass, when David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet: 'Lo, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD dwelleth under curtains.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 when when SCONJ WRB _ 9 mark _ _ 8 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 dwelt dwell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Nathan Nathan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 prophet prophet NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 appos _ _ 21 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 22 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ _ 23 Lo lo INTJ UH _ 26 discourse _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 dwell dwell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 cedar cedar NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 ark ark NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 dwelleth dwell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 43 under under ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 curtains curtain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ _ 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 46 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 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 | **come** | past | it | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **dwell** | past | David | | | David's house | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | David | | Nathan | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to nathan=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 5 | **dwell** | present | I | | | a house of cedar | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location | | 6 | **dwell** | present | the ark of the covenant of the LORD | | | curtains | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under curtain=Location | | 7 | **covenant** | | the LORD | | | | | | nom covenant «communication intransitive»: of=agent | 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} וַיְהִ֕י כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר יָשַׁ֥ב דָּוִ֖יד בְּבֵית֑וֹ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֜יד אֶל־נָתָ֣ן הַנָּבִ֗יא הִנֵּ֨ה אָנֹכִ֤י יוֹשֵׁב֙ בְּבֵ֣ית הָֽאֲרָזִ֔ים וַאֲר֥וֹן בְּרִית־יְהוָ֖ה תַּ֥חַת יְרִיעֽוֹת׃ [1 Chronicles 17:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.17.1/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1CH:666` 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 16:43 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.665/) - next →: [1 Chronicles 17:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.667/) - ↑ back to [1 Chronicles 17:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.17.1/)