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title: 1 Chronicles 24:4 (JPS 1917) — And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of t… · tree and pragmatics
description: And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and thus were they divided: of the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen, heads of fathers' houses; and of the sons of Ithamar, according to their fathers' houses, eight. Who acts: chief men, sixteen. 1 Chronicles 2
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# 1 Chronicles 24:4 · JPS 1917

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And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and thus were they divided: of the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen, heads of fathers' houses; and of the sons of Ithamar, according to their fathers' houses, eight.

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**Who acts:** chief men, sixteen · **What happens:** be, find, divide, accord · **To what, where:** chief men, men

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This is 1 Chronicles 24:4 · 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 (chief men, sixteen), 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:845
# text = And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and thus were they divided: of the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen, heads of fathers' houses; and of the sons of Ithamar, according to their fathers' houses, eight.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	3	expl	_	_
3	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	chief	chief	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
7	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
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	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Eleazar	Eleazar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	than	than	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	fixed	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Ithamar	Ithamar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
19	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	24	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
21	thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
22	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux:pass	_	_
23	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj:pass	_	_
24	divided	divide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
25	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	32	punct	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	obl	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	Eleazar	Eleazar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	nmod	_	_
31	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	32	expl	_	_
32	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	parataxis	_	_
33	sixteen	sixteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	32	nsubj	_	_
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
35	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	conj	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
37	fathers	father	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	nmod:poss	_	_
38	'	's	PART	POS	_	37	case	_	_
39	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	nmod	_	_
40	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	44	punct	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
42	of	of	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	conj	_	_
45	of	of	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
46	Ithamar	Ithamar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	nmod	_	_
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
48	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	53	case	_	_
49	to	to	ADP	IN	_	48	fixed	_	_
50	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	51	nmod:poss	_	_
51	fathers	father	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	nmod:poss	_	_
52	'	's	PART	POS	_	51	case	_	_
53	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	nmod	_	_
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
55	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	53	appos	_	_
56	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	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 | **be** | past | chief men |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **find** | participle |  | chief men *not said here* |  |  |  | of the sons of Eleazar; than the sons of Ithamar | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **divide** | past · passive |  | men *= man* |  |  |  | thus *property* | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 4 | **be** | past | sixteen and heads of fathers's houses and the sons of Ithamar accord sons's fathers's houses |  |  | there |  | of the sons of Eleazar | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |

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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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וַיִּמָּצְא֣וּ בְֽנֵי־אֶלְעָזָ֡ר רַבִּ֞ים לְרָאשֵׁ֧י הַגְּבָרִ֛ים מִן־בְּנֵ֥י אִיתָמָ֖ר וַֽיַּחְלְק֑וּם לִבְנֵ֨י אֶלְעָזָ֜ר רָאשִׁ֤ים לְבֵית־אָבוֹת֙ שִׁשָּׁ֣ה עָשָׂ֔ר וְלִבְנֵ֧י אִיתָמָ֛ר לְבֵ֥ית אֲבוֹתָ֖ם שְׁמוֹנָֽה׃

[1 Chronicles 24:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.24.4/)

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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:845` of Mova's parse database.

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