--- title: 1 Chronicles 28:8 (JPS 1917) — Now therefore, in the sight of all Israel, the congregation of the L… · tree and pragmatics description: Now therefore, in the sight of all Israel, the congregation of the LORD, and in the hearing of our God, observe and seek out all the commandments of the LORD your God; that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children after you for ever. 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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 (you, ye, God), 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:983 # text = Now therefore, in the sight of all Israel, the congregation of the LORD, and in the hearing of our God, observe and seek out all the commandments of the LORD your God; that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children after you for ever. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 2 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 9 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 congregation congregation NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 hearing hearing NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 25 observe observe VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 seek seek VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 28 out out ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 31 det:predet _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 commandments commandment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 appos _ _ 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 41 nsubj _ _ 40 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 possess possess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 42 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 det _ _ 43 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 for for ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 inheritance inheritance NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 52 to to ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nmod _ _ 55 after after ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ _ 57 for for ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 47 obl _ _ 59 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **observe** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | the sight of all Israel and the congregation of the LORD and the hearing of our God | now | therefore *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **seek out** | infinitive | you *not said here* | all commandments of the LORD | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent commandment=Theme | | 3 | **possess** | may | ye | this good land | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot land=Theme | | 4 | **leave** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | land | | | after you | for a inheritance to your children | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme for inheritance=Recipient | | 5 | **sight** | | | all Israel and the congregation of the LORD | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 6 | **hear** | | our God | | | | | | nom hearing «act intransitive»: of=agent | | 7 | **command** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom commandment «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} וְ֠עַתָּה לְעֵינֵ֨י כָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל קְהַל־יְהוָה֙ וּבְאָזְנֵ֣י אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ שִׁמְר֣וּ וְדִרְשׁ֔וּ כָּל־מִצְוֺ֖ת יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם לְמַ֤עַן תִּֽירְשׁוּ֙ אֶת־הָאָ֣רֶץ הַטּוֹבָ֔ה וְהִנְחַלְתֶּ֛ם לִבְנֵיכֶ֥ם אַחֲרֵיכֶ֖ם עַד־עוֹלָֽם׃פ [1 Chronicles 28:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.28.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1CH:983` 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 28:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.982/) - next →: [1 Chronicles 28:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.984/) - ↑ back to [1 Chronicles 28:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.28.8/)