--- title: 1 Chronicles 21:17 (JPS 1917) — And David said unto God: 'Is it not I that commanded the people to b… · tree and pragmatics description: And David said unto God: 'Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done very wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? let Thy hand, I pray Thee, O LORD my God, be against me, and against my father's house; but not against Thy people, that they sh --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.770/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [1 Chronicles](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH/) / [chapter 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH/21/) / [21:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.21.17/) / JPS 1 # 1 Chronicles 21:17 · JPS 1917 And David said unto God: 'Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done very wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? let Thy hand, I pray Thee, O LORD my God, be against me, and against my father's house; but not against Thy people, that they should be plagued.' **Who acts:** David, sackcloth, I, sheep, people · **What happens:** say, not be, command, number, be, do · **To what, where:** I, people, sackcloth, sheep, hand, Thee · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Chronicles 21:17 · 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, sackcloth, I, sheep), 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:770 # text = And David said unto God: 'Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done very wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? let Thy hand, I pray Thee, O LORD my God, be against me, and against my father's house; but not against Thy people, that they should be plagued.' 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 `` _ 11 punct _ _ 8 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 ccomp _ _ 12 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 17 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 numbered number VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 xcomp _ _ 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ 20 even even ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 expl _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 24 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 25 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 sinned sin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 conj _ _ 29 very very ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 wickedly wickedly ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 33 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 34 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 39 obj _ _ 37 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 acl:relcl _ _ 40 ? ? PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ _ 41 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 42 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 parataxis _ _ 47 Thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 46 obj _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 O o INTJ UH _ 50 discourse _ _ 50 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 vocative _ _ 51 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 appos _ _ 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 56 cop _ _ 55 against against ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 ccomp _ _ 57 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 59 against against ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 60 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 61 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nmod:poss _ _ 62 's 's PART POS _ 61 case _ _ 63 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 conj _ _ 64 ; ; PUNCT : _ 69 punct _ _ 65 but but CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 66 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 69 advmod _ _ 67 against against ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 69 nmod:poss _ _ 69 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 conj _ _ 70 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 71 that that SCONJ IN _ 75 mark _ _ 72 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 75 nsubj:pass _ _ 73 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 75 aux _ _ 74 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 75 aux:pass _ _ 75 plagued plague VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 69 acl _ _ 76 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 77 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: evaluate - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | 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 | **not** **is a** | present | sackcloth | I | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **command** | past | | the people | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent people=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **number** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP» | | 5 | **is** | present · perfect | I | sackcloth | | | | sin *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **do** | participle | I *not said here* | | | | | wickedly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **do** | present · perfect | sheep | this sheep | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 8 | **let** | infinitive | this sheep | Thy hand | | | | LORD *vocative* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | | 9 | **pray** | present | I | Thee | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **is** | infinitive | this sheep *not said here* | | | | | against me | tree rules | | 11 | **plague** | should · passive | Thy people *not said here* | sheep | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | 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} וַיֹּ֣אמֶר דָּוִ֣יד אֶֽל־הָאֱלֹהִ֡ים הֲלֹא֩ אֲנִ֨י אָמַ֜רְתִּי לִמְנ֣וֹת בָּעָ֗ם וַאֲנִי־ה֤וּא אֲשֶׁר־חָטָ֙אתִי֙ וְהָרֵ֣עַ הֲרֵע֔וֹתִי וְאֵ֥לֶּה הַצֹּ֖אן מֶ֣ה עָשׂ֑וּ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהַ֗י תְּהִ֨י נָ֤א יָֽדְךָ֙ בִּ֚י וּבְבֵ֣ית אָבִ֔י וּֽבְעַמְּךָ֖ לֹ֥א לְמַגֵּפָֽה׃ס [1 Chronicles 21:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.21.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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