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title: 1 Chronicles 23:24 (JPS 1917) — These were the sons of Levi after their fathers' houses, even the he… · tree and pragmatics
description: These were the sons of Levi after their fathers' houses, even the heads of the fathers' houses, according to their muster, in the number of names by their polls, who did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from twenty years old and upward. Who acts: These, names, polls, Mahli. 1 Chron
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# 1 Chronicles 23:24 · JPS 1917

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These were the sons of Levi after their fathers' houses, even the heads of the fathers' houses, according to their muster, in the number of names by their polls, who did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from twenty years old and upward.

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**Who acts:** These, names, polls, Mahli · **What happens:** be, accord, do, name, poll, service · **To what, where:** sons, number, work, house

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This is 1 Chronicles 23:24 · 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 (These, names, polls, Mahli), 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:832
# text = These were the sons of Levi after their fathers' houses, even the heads of the fathers' houses, according to their muster, in the number of names by their polls, who did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from twenty years old and upward.
1	These	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Levi	Levi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	fathers	father	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	'	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	even	even	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	appos	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	fathers	father	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nmod:poss	_	_
19	'	's	PART	POS	_	18	case	_	_
20	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	_
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
22	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	25	case	_	_
23	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	fixed	_	_
24	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
25	muster	muster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
27	in	in	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	nmod	_	_
32	by	by	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	34	nmod:poss	_	_
34	polls	poll	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	nmod	_	_
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
36	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	37	nsubj	_	_
37	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	acl:relcl	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obj	_	_
40	for	for	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	nmod	_	_
46	of	of	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	45	nmod	_	_
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
50	from	from	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	52	nummod	_	_
52	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	obl:unmarked	_	_
53	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	advcl	_	_
54	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
55	upward	upward	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	conj	_	_
56	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | These | the sons |  | the number of names by Mahli's polls | after Mahli's fathers's houses | of Levi; accord Mahli's muster | tree rules |
| 2 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **do** | past | names by Mahli's polls | the work |  |  |  | for the service of the house of the LORD | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality |
| 4 | **name** |  | Mahli's polls |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: by=agent |
| 5 | **poll** |  | Mahli |  |  |  |  |  | nom poll «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
| 6 | **service** |  |  | the house of the LORD |  |  |  |  | nom service «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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}

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אֵ֣לֶּה בְנֵֽי־לֵוִי֩ לְבֵ֨ית אֲבֹתֵיהֶ֜ם רָאשֵׁ֧י הָאָב֣וֹת לִפְקוּדֵיהֶ֗ם בְּמִסְפַּ֤ר שֵׁמוֹת֙ לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָ֔ם עֹשֵׂה֙ הַמְּלָאכָ֔ה לַעֲבֹדַ֖ת בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה מִבֶּ֛ן עֶשְׂרִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה וָמָֽעְלָה׃

[1 Chronicles 23:24: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.23.24/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1CH:832` of Mova's parse database.

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