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title: 1 Chronicles 24:6 (JPS 1917) — And Shemaiah the son of Nethanel the scribe, who was of the Levites,… · tree and pragmatics
description: And Shemaiah the son of Nethanel the scribe, who was of the Levites, wrote them in the presence of the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the priests and of the Levites: one father's house being taken for Eleazar, a
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# 1 Chronicles 24:6 · JPS 1917

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And Shemaiah the son of Nethanel the scribe, who was of the Levites, wrote them in the presence of the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the priests and of the Levites: one father's house being taken for Eleazar, and proportionately for Ithamar.

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**Who acts:** Shemaiah · **What happens:** be, write, take · **To what, where:** sons, presence, house

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This is 1 Chronicles 24:6 · 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 (Shemaiah), 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:847
# text = And Shemaiah the son of Nethanel the scribe, who was of the Levites, wrote them in the presence of the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the priests and of the Levites: one father's house being taken for Eleazar, and proportionately for Ithamar.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
2	Shemaiah	Shemaiah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Nethanel	Nethanel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	scribe	scribe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Levites	levite	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	acl:relcl	_	_
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
16	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	conj	_	_
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
30	Zadok	Zadok	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	conj	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	appos	_	_
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
35	Ahimelech	Ahimelech	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	conj	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	appos	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	Abiathar	Abiathar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	nmod	_	_
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	conj	_	_
44	of	of	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	fathers	father	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	nmod:poss	_	_
47	'	's	PART	POS	_	46	case	_	_
48	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	nmod	_	_
49	of	of	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	priests	priest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	nmod	_	_
52	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
53	of	of	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	Levites	levite	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	51	conj	_	_
56	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	62	punct	_	_
57	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	58	nummod	_	_
58	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	nmod:poss	_	_
59	's	's	PART	POS	_	58	case	_	_
60	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	nsubj:pass	_	_
61	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	62	aux:pass	_	_
62	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	parataxis	_	_
63	for	for	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
64	Eleazar	Eleazar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	62	obl	_	_
65	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	69	punct	_	_
66	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	69	cc	_	_
67	proportionately	proportionately	ADV	RB	_	69	advmod	_	_
68	for	for	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
69	Ithamar	Ithamar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	62	obl	_	_
70	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	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** | past | Shemaiah |  |  |  |  | of the Levites | tree rules |
| 2 | **write** | past | Shemaiah | sons *= son* |  | the presence of the king and the princes and Zadok and Ahimelech and the heads of the fathers's houses of the priests and the Levites |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in presence=Destination |
| 3 | **take** | gerund · passive |  | one father's house |  |  |  | for Eleazar; for Ithamar | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for eleazar=Beneficiary |

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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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וַֽיִּכְתְּבֵ֡ם שְֽׁמַֽעְיָה֩ בֶן־נְתַנְאֵ֨ל הַסּוֹפֵ֜ר מִן־הַלֵּוִ֗י לִפְנֵ֨י הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ וְהַשָּׂרִים֙ וְצָד֣וֹק הַכֹּהֵ֗ן וַאֲחִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙ בֶּן־אֶבְיָתָ֔ר וְרָאשֵׁי֙ הָֽאָב֔וֹת לַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים וְלַלְוִיִּ֑ם בֵּֽית־אָ֣ב אֶחָ֗ד אָחֻז֙ לְאֶלְעָזָ֔ר וְאָחֻ֥ז ׀ אָחֻ֖ז לְאִיתָמָֽר׃פ

[1 Chronicles 24:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.24.6/)

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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:847` of Mova's parse database.

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