--- title: 1 Chronicles 21:22 (JPS 1917) — Then David said to Ornan: 'Give me the place of this threshing-floor… · tree and pragmatics description: Then David said to Ornan: 'Give me the place of this threshing-floor, that I may build thereon an altar unto the LORD; for the full price shalt thou give it me; that the plague may be stayed from the people.' 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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, thou), 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:776 # text = Then David said to Ornan: 'Give me the place of this threshing-floor, that I may build thereon an altar unto the LORD; for the full price shalt thou give it me; that the plague may be stayed from the people.' 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 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 Ornan Ornan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ _ 8 Give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 9 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 iobj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 14 threshing threshing NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ _ 16 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 build build VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 22 thereon thereon ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 unto unto ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 29 for for SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 price price NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 33 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 35 nsubj _ _ 35 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 iobj _ _ 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 plague plague NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 stayed stay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 parataxis _ _ 45 from from ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ _ 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 49 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed hedge=0 | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | David | | Ornan | | then | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to ornan=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 2 | **give** | infinitive | | the place of this threshing floor | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient place=Theme | | 3 | **build** | may | I | a altar | | | | unto the LORD; thereon *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent altar=Product | | 4 | **give** | shall | thou | the full price | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient it=Theme | | 5 | **stay** | may · passive | | the plague | | | | from the people | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: subject=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} וַיֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֜יד אֶל־אָרְנָ֗ן תְּנָה־לִּי֙ מְק֣וֹם הַגֹּ֔רֶן וְאֶבְנֶה־בּ֥וֹ מִזְבֵּ֖חַ לַיהוָ֑ה בְּכֶ֤סֶף מָלֵא֙ תְּנֵ֣הוּ לִ֔י וְתֵעָצַ֥ר הַמַּגֵּפָ֖ה מֵעַ֥ל הָעָֽם׃ [1 Chronicles 21:22: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.21.22/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1CH:776` 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 21:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.775/) - next →: [1 Chronicles 21:23 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.777/) - ↑ back to [1 Chronicles 21:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.21.22/)