--- title: 1 Chronicles 28:2 (JPS 1917) — Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said: 'Hear me, my b… · tree and pragmatics description: Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said: 'Hear me, my brethren, and my people; as for me, it was in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God; and I had made ready for the building. 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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, I, LORD), 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:977 # text = Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said: 'Hear me, my brethren, and my people; as for me, it was in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God; and I had made ready for the building. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 5 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 up up ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 upon upon ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 13 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 14 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ _ 15 Hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 16 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 brethren brethren NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 conj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 conj _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 25 as as ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 25 fixed _ _ 27 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 expl _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 parataxis _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 build build VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 acl _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 ark ark NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 49 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 51 for for ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 footstool footstool NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 nmod _ _ 57 ; ; PUNCT : _ 61 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 59 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 60 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 61 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 conj _ _ 62 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 xcomp _ _ 63 for for ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 building building NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 66 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand up** | past | David | | | David's feet | then | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon foot=Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | David *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **hear** | infinitive | | me | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** | past | | | | my heart | | as me | tree rules | | 5 | **build** | to-infinitive | | a house of rest | | | | for the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the footstool of our God | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent house=Product for ark=Asset | | 6 | **make** | past · perfect | I | | | | | ready *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **covenant** | | the LORD | | | | | | nom covenant «communication 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} וַיָּ֨קָם דָּוִ֤יד הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ עַל־רַגְלָ֔יו וַיֹּ֕אמֶר שְׁמָע֖וּנִי אַחַ֣י וְעַמִּ֑י אֲנִ֣י עִם־לְבָבִ֡י לִבְנוֹת֩ בֵּ֨ית מְנוּחָ֜ה לַאֲר֣וֹן בְּרִית־יְהוָ֗ה וְלַהֲדֹם֙ רַגְלֵ֣י אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ וַהֲכִינ֖וֹתִי לִבְנֽוֹת׃ [1 Chronicles 28:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.28.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1CH:977` 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 28:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.976/) - next →: [1 Chronicles 28:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.978/) - ↑ back to [1 Chronicles 28:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.28.2/)