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title: 1 Chronicles 19:3 (JPS 1917) — But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun: 'Thinkest th… · tree and pragmatics
description: But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun: 'Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?' Who acts: princes, thou, David, servants. 1 Chronicles 19:3 in 
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# 1 Chronicles 19:3 · JPS 1917

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But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun: 'Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?'

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**Who acts:** princes, thou, David, servants · **What happens:** say, think, honour, send, not come, search · **To what, where:** Hanun, father, comforters, land · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is 1 Chronicles 19:3 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (princes, thou, David, servants), 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:716
# text = But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun: 'Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?'
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Ammon	Ammon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Hanun	Hanun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
13	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	_
14	Thinkest	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
15	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	14	nsubj	_	_
16	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
17	David	David	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
18	doth	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	honour	honour	VERB	VB	Mood=Ind|VerbForm=Fin	14	ccomp	_	_
20	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
23	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	_	_
24	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
25	hath	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
26	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	19	ccomp	_	_
27	comforters	comforter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	obj	_	_
28	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	26	obl	_	_
30	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
31	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	35	aux	_	_
32	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	35	advmod	_	_
33	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	34	nmod:poss	_	_
34	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	nsubj	_	_
35	come	come	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	ccomp	_	_
36	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	35	obl	_	_
38	to	to	PART	TO	_	39	mark	_	_
39	search	search	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	35	advcl	_	_
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
42	to	to	PART	TO	_	43	mark	_	_
43	overthrow	overthrow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	conj	_	_
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
46	to	to	PART	TO	_	47	mark	_	_
47	spy	spy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	conj	_	_
48	out	out	ADP	RP	_	47	compound:prt	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obj	_	_
51	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
52	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: yes/no question
- act: ask
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- indirect: yes
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the princes of the children of Ammon |  | Hanun |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to hanun=Experiencer clause=Topic |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present | thou |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **honour** | present · do-support | David | thy father |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **send** | present · perfect | David | comforters |  |  |  | unto thee | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent comforter=Theme |
| 5 | **not** **come** | present · passive | David's servants |  |  |  |  | unto thee | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **search** | to-infinitive | David's servants *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **overthrow** | to-infinitive | David's servants *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **spy out** | to-infinitive | David's servants *not said here* | the land |  |  |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer land=Stimulus |

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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}

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וַיֹּאמְרוּ֩ שָׂרֵ֨י בְנֵי־עַמּ֜וֹן לְחָנ֗וּן הַֽמְכַבֵּ֨ד דָּוִ֤יד אֶת־אָבִ֙יךָ֙ בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ כִּֽי־שָׁלַ֥ח לְךָ֖ מְנַחֲמִ֑ים הֲלֹ֡א בַּ֠עֲבוּר לַחְקֹ֨ר וְלַהֲפֹ֤ךְ וּלְרַגֵּל֙ הָאָ֔רֶץ בָּ֥אוּ עֲבָדָ֖יו אֵלֶֽיךָ׃פ

[1 Chronicles 19:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.19.3/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1CH:716` of Mova's parse database.

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