--- title: 1 Chronicles 21:15 (JPS 1917) — And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it; and as he was ab… · tree and pragmatics description: And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it; and as he was about to destroy, the LORD beheld, and He repented Him of the evil, and said to the destroying angel: 'It is enough; now stay thy hand.' And the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 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And the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite. **Who acts:** God, LORD, angel · **What happens:** send, destroy, be, behold, repent, say · **To what, where:** angel, God, hand · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Chronicles 21:15 · 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 (God, LORD, angel), 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:767 # text = And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it; and as he was about to destroy, the LORD beheld, and He repented Him of the evil, and said to the destroying angel: 'It is enough; now stay thy hand.' And the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 angel angel NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 unto unto ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 advcl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 repented repent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 27 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 destroying destroy VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 amod _ _ 37 angel angel NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 : : PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 39 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ _ 40 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 42 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 ccomp _ _ 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 44 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 45 advmod _ _ 45 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 ccomp _ _ 46 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 . . PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ _ 49 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ 50 And and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 angel angel NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nsubj _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 56 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 57 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 58 by by ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 60 threshing threshing NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 compound _ _ 61 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 60 punct _ _ 62 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 Ornan Ornan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 nmod _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 Jebusite Jebusite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 64 flat _ _ 67 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: disagree - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | God | a angel | | | | unto Jerusalem | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent angel=Theme | | 2 | **destroy** | to-infinitive | God *not said here* | angel | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 3 | **is** | past | God | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **destroy** | to-infinitive | God *not said here* | | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **behold** | past | the LORD | | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **repent** | past | LORD | God | | | | of the evil | tree rules | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | LORD *not said here* | | | | | to the destroying angel | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to angel=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 8 | **destroy** | gerund | | | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is** | present | angel | | | | | enough *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **stay** | infinitive | | thy hand | | | now | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme hand=Location | | 11 | **stand** | past · progressive | the angel of the LORD | | | | | by the threshing floor of Ornan | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by floor=Location | 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} וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ הָאֱלֹהִ֨ים ׀ מַלְאָ֥ךְ ׀ לִֽירוּשָׁלִַם֮ לְהַשְׁחִיתָהּ֒ וּכְהַשְׁחִ֗ית רָאָ֤ה יְהוָה֙ וַיִּנָּ֣חֶם עַל־הָֽרָעָ֔ה וַיֹּ֨אמֶר לַמַּלְאָ֤ךְ הַמַּשְׁחִית֙ רַ֔ב עַתָּ֖ה הֶ֣רֶף יָדֶ֑ךָ וּמַלְאַ֤ךְ יְהוָה֙ עֹמֵ֔ד עִם־גֹּ֖רֶן אָרְנָ֥ן הַיְבוּסִֽי׃ס [1 Chronicles 21:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.21.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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