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title: 1 Chronicles 25:1 (JPS 1917) — Moreover David and the captains of the host separated for the servic… · tree and pragmatics
description: Moreover David and the captains of the host separated for the service certain of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals; and the number of them that did the work according to their service was: Who acts: David, Jeduthun, nu
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# 1 Chronicles 25:1 · JPS 1917

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Moreover David and the captains of the host separated for the service certain of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals; and the number of them that did the work according to their service was:

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**Who acts:** David, Jeduthun, number · **What happens:** separate, prophesy, do, service · **To what, where:** certain, work

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This is 1 Chronicles 25:1 · 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 (David, Jeduthun, number), 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:874
# text = Moreover David and the captains of the host separated for the service certain of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals; and the number of them that did the work according to their service was:
1	Moreover	moreover	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
2	David	David	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	captains	captain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	host	host	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	separated	separate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	certain	certain	PRON	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Asaph	Asaph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	Heman	Heman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	_
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	Jeduthun	Jeduthun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	conj	_	_
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
28	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	30	nsubj	_	_
29	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	30	aux	_	_
30	prophesy	prophesy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	acl:relcl	_	_
31	with	with	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	harps	harp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	obl	_	_
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
34	with	with	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	psalteries	psaltery	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	obl	_	_
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
38	with	with	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	cymbals	cymbal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	conj	_	_
40	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	54	punct	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	54	cc	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	nsubj	_	_
44	of	of	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
45	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	nmod	_	_
46	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	47	nsubj	_	_
47	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	43	acl:relcl	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obj	_	_
50	according	accord	ADP	VBG	_	53	case	_	_
51	to	to	ADP	IN	_	50	fixed	_	_
52	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	53	nmod:poss	_	_
53	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	_
54	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
55	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	54	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 | **separate** | past | David and the captains of the host | certain |  |  |  | for the service; moreover *property* | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent certain=Patient |
| 2 | **prophesy** | should | Jeduthun |  |  |  |  | with harps; with psalteries and cymbals | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **do** | past | the number of cymbals | the work |  |  |  | accord David's service | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality |
| 4 | **service** |  | David |  |  |  |  |  | nom service «act transitive»: poss=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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וַיַּבְדֵּ֣ל דָּוִיד֩ וְשָׂרֵ֨י הַצָּבָ֜א לַעֲבֹדָ֗ה לִבְנֵ֤י אָסָף֙ וְהֵימָ֣ן וִֽידוּת֔וּן הַֽנִּבְּאִ֛יםבְּכִנֹּר֥וֹת בִּנְבָלִ֖ים וּבִמְצִלְתָּ֑יִם וַֽיְהִי֙ מִסְפָּרָ֔ם אַנְשֵׁ֥י מְלָאכָ֖ה לַעֲבֹדָתָֽם׃

[1 Chronicles 25:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.25.1/)

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