--- title: 1 Chronicles 17:21 (JPS 1917) — And who is like Thy people Israel, a nation one in the earth, whom G… · tree and pragmatics description: And who is like Thy people Israel, a nation one in the earth, whom God went to redeem unto Himself for a people, to make Thee a name by great and tremendous things, in driving out nations from before Thy people, whom Thou didst redeem out of Egypt. 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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 (God, Thou), 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:687 # text = And who is like Thy people Israel, a nation one in the earth, whom God went to redeem unto Himself for a people, to make Thee a name by great and tremendous things, in driving out nations from before Thy people, whom Thou didst redeem out of Egypt. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 like like ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 7 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 nation nation NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 11 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 obj _ _ 17 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 redeem redeem VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 unto unto ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 20 obl _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ _ 29 Thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 iobj _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 32 by by ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 33 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 tremendous tremendous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 conj _ _ 36 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 in in SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 39 driving drive VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 40 out out ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ _ 42 from from ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 before before ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 50 obj _ _ 48 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 50 nsubj _ _ 49 didst do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 redeem redeem VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 acl:relcl _ _ 51 out out ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: evaluate - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - indirect: yes - teacher: changed form=q, act=evaluate, indirect=1 | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | like Thy people | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | past | God | a nation in the earth | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **redeem** | to-infinitive | God *not said here* | | | | | unto God; for a people | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for people=Beneficiary | | 4 | **make** | to-infinitive | God *not said here* | a name | Thee | | | by great things | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset thou=Beneficiary name=Product | | 5 | **drive out** | gerund | God *not said here* | nations | | | | from Thy people | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent nation=Theme from people=Trajectory | | 6 | **redeem** | past · do-support | Thou | Thy people | | Egypt | | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent whom=Theme out egypt=Source | 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} וּמִי֙ כְּעַמְּךָ֣ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל גּ֥וֹי אֶחָ֖ד בָּאָ֑רֶץ אֲשֶׁר֩ הָלַ֨ךְ הָאֱלֹהִ֜ים לִפְדּ֧וֹת ל֣וֹ עָ֗ם לָשׂ֤וּם לְךָ֙ שֵׁ֚ם גְּדֻלּ֣וֹת וְנֹרָא֔וֹת לְגָרֵ֗שׁ מִפְּנֵ֧י עַמְּךָ֛ אֲשֶׁר־פָּדִ֥יתָ מִמִּצְרַ֖יִם גּוֹיִֽם׃ [1 Chronicles 17:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.17.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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