--- title: 1 Chronicles 21:2 (JPS 1917) — And David said to Joab and to the princes of the people: 'Go, number… · tree and pragmatics description: And David said to Joab and to the princes of the people: 'Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring me word, that I may know the sum of them.' 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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, I), 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:751 # text = And David said to Joab and to the princes of the people: 'Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring me word, that I may know the sum of them.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Joab Joab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 13 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 14 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ _ 15 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 number number VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 18 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 19 from from ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Beersheba Beersheba PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 even even ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Dan Dan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 bring bring VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 27 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 iobj _ _ 28 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 sum sum NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nmod _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 39 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | David | | Joab and the princes of the people | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to joab=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **number** | infinitive | | Israel | Dan | Beersheba | | | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent israel=Theme | | 4 | **bring** | infinitive | | word | me | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination word=Theme | | 5 | **know** | may | I | the sum of people | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer sum=Stimulus | | 6 | **sum** | | | people | | | | | nom sum «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} וַיֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֤יד אֶל־יוֹאָב֙ וְאֶל־שָׂרֵ֣י הָעָ֔ם לְכ֗וּ סִפְרוּ֙ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מִבְּאֵ֥ר שֶׁ֖בַע בְּאֵ֥ר שֶׁ֖בַע וְעַד־דָּ֑ן וְהָבִ֣יאוּ אֵלַ֔י וְאֵדְעָ֖ה אֶת־מִסְפָּרָֽם׃ [1 Chronicles 21:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.21.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1CH:751` 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 21:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.750/) - next →: [1 Chronicles 21:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.752/) - ↑ back to [1 Chronicles 21:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.21.2/)