--- title: 1 Chronicles 21:24 (JPS 1917) — And king David said to Ornan: 'Nay, but I will verily buy it for the… · tree and pragmatics description: And king David said to Ornan: 'Nay, but I will verily buy it for the full price; for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor offer a burnt-offering without cost.' 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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), 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:778 # text = And king David said to Ornan: 'Nay, but I will verily buy it for the full price; for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor offer a burnt-offering without cost.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod:desc _ _ 3 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Ornan Ornan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 9 Nay nay INTJ UH _ 15 discourse _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 verily verily ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 price price NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 22 for for SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 27 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 obj _ _ 28 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 thine thy PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 acl:relcl _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 36 cc _ _ 36 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 burnt burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 amod _ _ 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ _ 40 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 41 without without ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 cost cost NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 44 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | David king | | Ornan | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to ornan=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 2 | **buy** | future | I | altar | | | | for the full price; verily *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Theme for price=Beneficiary | | 3 | **not** **take** | future | I | that | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | | 4 | **is a** | present | | thine | | | | for the LORD | tree rules | | 5 | **offer** | infinitive | I *not said here* | a burnt offering | | | | without cost | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent offering=Theme | | 6 | **burn** | participle | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ דָּוִיד֙ לְאָרְנָ֔ן לֹ֕א כִּֽי־קָנֹ֥ה אֶקְנֶ֖ה בְּכֶ֣סֶף מָלֵ֑א כִּ֠י לֹא־אֶשָּׂ֤א אֲשֶׁר־לְךָ֙ לַיהוָ֔ה וְהַעֲל֥וֹת עוֹלָ֖ה חִנָּֽם׃ [1 Chronicles 21:24: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.21.24/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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