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title: 1 Chronicles 21:8 (JPS 1917) — And David said unto God: 'I have sinned greatly, in that I have done… · tree and pragmatics
description: And David said unto God: 'I have sinned greatly, in that I have done this thing; but now, put away, I beseech Thee, the iniquity of Thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.' Who acts: David, I. 1 Chronicles 21:8 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause.
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# 1 Chronicles 21:8 · JPS 1917

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And David said unto God: 'I have sinned greatly, in that I have done this thing; but now, put away, I beseech Thee, the iniquity of Thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.'

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**Who acts:** David, I · **What happens:** say, sin, do, put away, beseech · **To what, where:** thing, iniquity, Thee · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is 1 Chronicles 21:8 · 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 (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:759
# text = And David said unto God: 'I have sinned greatly, in that I have done this thing; but now, put away, I beseech Thee, the iniquity of Thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.'
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	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
7	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	_
8	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	sinned	sin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	ccomp	_	_
11	greatly	greatly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	17	mark	_	_
14	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	fixed	_	_
15	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
16	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
18	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	19	det	_	_
19	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	24	punct	_	_
21	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
22	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	24	advmod	_	_
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
24	put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
25	away	away	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
27	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
28	beseech	beseech	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	parataxis	_	_
29	Thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	28	obj	_	_
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	iniquity	iniquity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	35	nmod:poss	_	_
35	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	_
36	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	40	punct	_	_
37	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	40	mark	_	_
38	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	40	nsubj	_	_
39	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	40	aux	_	_
40	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
41	very	very	ADV	RB	_	42	advmod	_	_
42	foolishly	foolishly	ADV	RB	_	40	advmod	_	_
43	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
44	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: character
- polarity: neg
- 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 | David |  |  |  |  | unto God | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **sin** | present · perfect | I |  |  |  |  | greatly *property* | vn rebel-71.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **do** | present · perfect | I | this thing |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality |
| 4 | **put away** | infinitive | I *not said here* | the iniquity of Thy servant |  |  | now | away *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent iniquity=Goal |
| 5 | **beseech** | present | I | Thee |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **do** | present · perfect | I |  |  |  |  | foolishly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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וַיֹּ֤אמֶר דָּוִיד֙ אֶל־הָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔ים חָטָ֣אתִֽי מְאֹ֔ד אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשִׂ֖יתִי אֶת־הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה וְעַתָּ֗ה הַֽעֲבֶר־נָא֙ אֶת־עֲו֣וֹן עַבְדְּךָ֔ כִּ֥י נִסְכַּ֖לְתִּי מְאֹֽד׃פ

[1 Chronicles 21:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.21.8/)

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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:759` of Mova's parse database.

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