--- title: 1 Chronicles 23:28 (JPS 1917) — For their station was at the side of the sons of Aaron for the servi… · tree and pragmatics description: For their station was at the side of the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of the house of God; Who acts: station, service. 1 Chronicles 23:28 in JPS 1917 with its dependen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.836/) [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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH/23/) / [23:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.23.28/) / JPS 1 # 1 Chronicles 23:28 · JPS 1917 For their station was at the side of the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of the house of God; **Who acts:** station, service · **What happens:** be, service, work · **To what, where:** side, house This is 1 Chronicles 23:28 · 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 (station, service), 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:836 # text = For their station was at the side of the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of the house of God; 1 For for SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 2 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 station station NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Aaron Aaron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 courts court NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 chambers chamber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 conj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 purifying purify NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 39 det _ _ 38 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 even even ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 52 ; ; PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | ordinances's station | | | the side and the purifying of all holy things and the work of the service of the house of God | | of the sons of Aaron; for the service of the house of the LORD; in the courts and the chambers | tree rules | | 2 | **service** | | | the house of the LORD | | | | | nom service «act transitive»: of=patient | | 3 | **work** | | the service of the house of God | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: of=agent | | 4 | **service** | | | the house of God | | | | | nom service «act transitive»: of=patient | 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} כִּ֣י מַעֲמָדָ֞ם לְיַד־בְּנֵ֣י אַהֲרֹ֗ן לַעֲבֹדַת֙ בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֔ה עַל־הַחֲצֵרוֹת֙ וְעַל־הַלְּשָׁכ֔וֹת וְעַֽל־טָהֳרַ֖ת לְכָל־קֹ֑דֶשׁ וּמַֽעֲשֵׂ֔ה עֲבֹדַ֖ת בֵּ֥ית הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ [1 Chronicles 23:28: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.23.28/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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