--- title: 1 Chronicles 27:1 (JPS 1917) — Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the heads of… · tree and pragmatics description: Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the heads of fathers' houses and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers that served the king, in any matter of the courses which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course we --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.940/) [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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH/27/) / [27:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.27.1/) / JPS 1 # 1 Chronicles 27:1 · JPS 1917 Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the heads of fathers' houses and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers that served the king, in any matter of the courses which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand. **Who acts:** children, officers, courses · **What happens:** wit, serve, come in, go out, be, matter · **To what, where:** heads, king, matter, twenty thousand This is 1 Chronicles 27:1 · 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 (children, officers, courses), 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:940 # text = Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the heads of fathers' houses and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers that served the king, in any matter of the courses which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 after after ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 wit wit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod:poss _ _ 17 ' 's PART POS _ 16 case _ _ 18 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 captains captain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 conj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 thousands thousand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 hundreds hundred NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 conj _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 officers officer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ _ 31 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 served serve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 38 det _ _ 38 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 courses course NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ _ 42 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 43 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ _ 44 in in ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 47 out out ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 48 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl:unmarked _ _ 49 by by ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 51 throughout throughout ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 54 det:predet _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ _ 58 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 61 det _ _ 61 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 nmod _ _ 62 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 66 cop _ _ 63 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 66 nummod _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 65 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 63 conj _ _ 66 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 parataxis _ _ 67 . . PUNCT . _ 66 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wit** | to-infinitive | the children of Israel after children's number | the heads of fathers's houses and the captains of thousands and hundreds and children's officers | | | now | | tree rules | | 2 | **serve** | past | children's officers | the king | | any matter of the courses | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent king=Value in matter=Location | | 3 | **come in** | past | the courses | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **go out** | past | the courses *not said here* | | | | month | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | past | | twenty thousand | | | | of every course | tree rules | | 6 | **matter** | | the courses | | | | | | nom matter «cognition intransitive»: of=agent | 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} וּבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל ׀ לְֽמִסְפָּרָ֡ם רָאשֵׁ֣י הָאָב֣וֹת וְשָׂרֵ֣י הָֽאֲלָפִ֣ים ׀ וְהַמֵּא֡וֹת וְשֹׁטְרֵיהֶם֩ הַמְשָׁרְתִ֨ים אֶת־הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ לְכֹ֣ל ׀ דְּבַ֣ר הַֽמַּחְלְק֗וֹת הַבָּאָ֤ה וְהַיֹּצֵאת֙ חֹ֣דֶשׁ בְּחֹ֔דֶשׁ לְכֹ֖ל חָדְשֵׁ֣י הַשָּׁנָ֑ה הַֽמַּחֲלֹ֙קֶת֙ הָֽאַחַ֔ת עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וְאַרְבָּעָ֖ה אָֽלֶף׃ס [1 Chronicles 27:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.27.1/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1CH:940` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [1 Chronicles 26:32 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.939/) - next →: [1 Chronicles 27:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.941/) - ↑ back to [1 Chronicles 27:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.27.1/)