--- title: 1 Chronicles 21:10 (JPS 1917) — 'Go and speak unto David, saying: Thus saith the LORD: I offer thee… · tree and pragmatics description: 'Go and speak unto David, saying: Thus saith the LORD: I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.' 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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 (you, LORD, 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:761 # text = 'Go and speak unto David, saying: Thus saith the LORD: I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.' 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ _ 2 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 speak speak VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 9 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 10 Thus thus ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 14 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 offer offer VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 17 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 iobj _ _ 18 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 19 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 21 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 parataxis _ _ 22 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 iobj _ _ 23 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nmod _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 unto unto ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 obl _ _ 34 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 35 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 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 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | unto David | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **offer** | present | I | three things | thee | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent thou=Goal thing=Theme | | 6 | **choose** | infinitive | | one of servants | thee | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent thou=Beneficiary one=Theme | | 7 | **do** | may | I | thing | | | | unto thee | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | 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} לֵךְ֩ וְדִבַּרְתָּ֨ אֶל־דָּוִ֜יד לֵאמֹ֗ר כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה שָׁל֕וֹשׁ אֲנִ֖י נֹטֶ֣ה עָלֶ֑יךָ בְּחַר־לְךָ֛ אַחַ֥ת מֵהֵ֖נָּה וְאֶֽעֱשֶׂה־לָּֽךְ׃ [1 Chronicles 21:10: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.21.10/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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