--- title: 1 Chronicles 20:2 (JPS 1917) — And David took the crown of Malcam from off his head, and found it t… · tree and pragmatics description: And David took the crown of Malcam from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon David's head; and he brought forth the spoil of the city, exceeding much. 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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 (David, crown), 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:741 # text = And David took the crown of Malcam from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon David's head; and he brought forth the spoil of the city, exceeding much. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Malcam Malcam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 off off ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 weigh weigh VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 talent talent NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 25 expl _ _ 25 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 26 precious precious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nmod _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 35 upon upon ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 's 's PART POS _ 36 case _ _ 38 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 43 forth forth ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 spoil spoil NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 49 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 50 exceeding exceed VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 advcl _ _ 51 much much ADV RB Degree=Pos 50 advmod _ _ 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | David | the crown of Malcam | | David's head | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent crown=Theme from head=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **find** | past | David *not said here* | crown | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Attribute clause=Theme | | 3 | **weigh** | to-infinitive | crown *not said here* | a talent of gold | | | | | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme talent=Value | | 4 | **set** | past · passive | | talent | | David's head | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme upon head=Destination | | 5 | **bring** | past | David | the spoil of the city | | | | forth *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent spoil=Theme | | 6 | **exceed** | gerund | David *not said here* | | | | | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 7 | **crown** | | | Malcam | | | | | nom crown «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **spoil** | | | the city | | | | | nom spoil «possession transitive»: of=patient | 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} וַיִּקַּ֣ח דָּוִ֣יד אֶת־עֲטֶֽרֶת־מַלְכָּם֩ מֵעַ֨ל רֹאשׁ֜וֹ וַֽיִּמְצָאָ֣הּ ׀ מִשְׁקַ֣ל כִּכַּר־זָהָ֗ב וּבָהּ֙ אֶ֣בֶן יְקָרָ֔ה וַתְּהִ֖י עַל־רֹ֣אשׁ דָּוִ֑יד וּשְׁלַ֥ל הָעִ֛יר הוֹצִ֖יא הַרְבֵּ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃ [1 Chronicles 20:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.20.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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