--- title: 1 Chronicles 17:27 (JPS 1917) — and now it hath pleased Thee to bless the house of Thy servant, that… · tree and pragmatics description: and now it hath pleased Thee to bless the house of Thy servant, that it may continue for ever before Thee; for Thou, O LORD, hast blessed, and so let Thy servant be blessed 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 (servant, 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:693 # text = and now it hath pleased Thee to bless the house of Thy servant, that it may continue for ever before Thee; for Thou, O LORD, hast blessed, and so let Thy servant be blessed for ever.' 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 pleased please VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 Thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 bless bless VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 aux _ _ 10 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 continue continue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 22 advmod _ _ 21 before before ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 obl _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 24 for for SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 25 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 nsubj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 O o INTJ UH _ 28 discourse _ _ 28 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 appos _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 30 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 blessed bless VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 so so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 36 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 blessed bless VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 xcomp _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 39 obl _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ 43 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: thank - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=thank, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **please** | present · perfect | servant | Thee | | | now | | tree rules | | 2 | **bless** | to-infinitive | servant *not said here* | house of Thy servant | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme | | 3 | **continue** | may | servant | | | | | for Thee | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **bless** | present · perfect | Thou | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **let** | infinitive | Thou *not said here* | Thy servant | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **bless** | infinitive · passive | Thy servant *not said here* | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: for ever=Attribute | 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} וְעַתָּ֗ה הוֹאַ֙לְתָּ֙ לְבָרֵךְ֙ אֶת־בֵּ֣ית עַבְדְּךָ֔ לִהְי֥וֹת לְעוֹלָ֖ם לְפָנֶ֑יךָ כִּֽי־אַתָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ בֵּרַ֔כְתָּ וּמְבֹרָ֖ךְ לְעוֹלָֽם׃פ [1 Chronicles 17:27: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.17.27/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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