--- title: 1 Chronicles 28:4 (JPS 1917) — Howbeit the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all the house o… · tree and pragmatics description: Howbeit the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever; for He hath chosen Judah to be prince, and in the house of Judah, the house of my father, and among the sons of my father He took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel; Who acts: --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.979/) [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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH/28/) / [28:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.28.4/) / JPS 1 # 1 Chronicles 28:4 · JPS 1917 Howbeit the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever; for He hath chosen Judah to be prince, and in the house of Judah, the house of my father, and among the sons of my father He took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel; **Who acts:** LORD · **What happens:** choose, be, take, make · **To what, where:** me, house, king, Israel, Judah, prince This is 1 Chronicles 28:4 · 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 (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:979 # text = Howbeit the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever; for He hath chosen Judah to be prince, and in the house of Judah, the house of my father, and among the sons of my father He took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel; 1 Howbeit howbeit ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 10 chose choose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 out out ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 16 det:predet _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 cop _ _ 22 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 xcomp _ _ 23 over over ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 22 obl _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 28 for for SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ _ 32 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 cop _ _ 35 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 xcomp _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 49 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 51 among among ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 obl _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ _ 57 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 59 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obj _ _ 60 in in ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 58 obl _ _ 62 to to PART TO _ 63 mark _ _ 63 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 advcl _ _ 64 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 63 obj _ _ 65 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obj _ _ 66 over over ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 68 det _ _ 68 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 63 obl _ _ 69 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | past | the LORD | me | | all house of my father | | howbeit *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | king | | Israel | | | tree rules | | 3 | **choose** | present · perfect | LORD | Judah | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent judah=Theme | | 4 | **is a** | to-infinitive | LORD *not said here* | prince and the house of Judah and the house of my father | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **take** | past | LORD | pleasure | | | | among the sons of my father; in me | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent pleasure=Value in i=Location | | 6 | **make** | to-infinitive | LORD *not said here* | king | me | all Israel | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset i=Beneficiary king=Product | 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} וַיִּבְחַ֡ר יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵי֩ יִשְׂרָאֵ֨ל בִּ֜י מִכֹּ֣ל בֵּית־אָבִ֗י לִהְי֨וֹת לְמֶ֤לֶךְ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לְעוֹלָ֔ם כִּ֤י בִֽיהוּדָה֙ בָּחַ֣ר לְנָגִ֔יד וּבְבֵ֥ית יְהוּדָ֖ה בֵּ֣ית אָבִ֑י וּבִבְנֵ֣י אָבִ֔י בִּ֣י רָצָ֔ה לְהַמְלִ֖יךְ עַל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ [1 Chronicles 28:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.28.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1CH:979` 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 28:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.978/) - next →: [1 Chronicles 28:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.980/) - ↑ back to [1 Chronicles 28:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.28.4/)