--- title: 1 Chronicles 28:9 (JPS 1917) — And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve… · tree and pragmatics description: And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve Him with a whole heart and with a willing mind; for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts; if thou seek Him, He will be found of thee; but if thou forsake Him, He will cast thee off f --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.984/) [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/) / [28:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.28.9/) / JPS 1 # 1 Chronicles 28:9 · JPS 1917 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve Him with a whole heart and with a willing mind; for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts; if thou seek Him, He will be found of thee; but if thou forsake Him, He will cast thee off for ever. **Who acts:** thou, LORD · **What happens:** know, serve, search, understand, seek, find · **To what, where:** God, hearts, imaginations, LORD, thee, thoughts This is 1 Chronicles 28:9 · 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 (thou, 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:984 # text = And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve Him with a whole heart and with a willing mind; for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts; if thou seek Him, He will be found of thee; but if thou forsake Him, He will cast thee off for ever. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 8 nsubj _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 Solomon Solomon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 5 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 8 know know VERB VBP Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 8 nsubj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 serve serve VERB VBP Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 18 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 willing willing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 29 for for SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 searcheth search VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 33 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 34 det _ _ 34 hearts heart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 understandeth understand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 38 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 40 det:predet _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 imaginations imagination NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ _ 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 45 if if SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 47 nsubj _ _ 47 seek seek VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 advcl _ _ 48 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 50 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj:pass _ _ 51 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 52 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 53 aux:pass _ _ 53 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 parataxis _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 53 obl _ _ 56 ; ; PUNCT : _ 65 punct _ _ 57 but but CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 58 if if SCONJ IN _ 60 mark _ _ 59 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 60 nsubj _ _ 60 forsake forsake VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 65 advcl _ _ 61 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 obj _ _ 62 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 63 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 64 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 65 cast cast VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 66 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 65 obj _ _ 67 off off ADP RP _ 65 compound:prt _ _ 68 for for ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 ever ever ADV RB _ 65 obl _ _ 70 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=imp, act=request | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | thou | the God of thy father | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer god=Stimulus | | 2 | **serve** | present | thou *not said here* | | God | | | with a whole heart and a willing mind | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with heart=Theme | | 3 | **search** | present | the LORD | all hearts | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent heart=Location | | 4 | **understand** | present | the LORD *not said here* | all imaginations of the thoughts | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer imagination=Stimulus | | 5 | **seek** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | thou | LORD | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 6 | **find** | future · passive | | LORD | | | | of thee | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 7 | **forsake** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | thou | LORD | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **cast off** | future | LORD | thee | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent thou=Product for ever=Beneficiary | | 9 | **imagine** | | | the thoughts | | | | | nom imagination «cognition 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} וְאַתָּ֣ה שְׁלֹמֹֽה־בְנִ֡י דַּע֩ אֶת־אֱלֹהֵ֨י אָבִ֜יךָ וְעָבְדֵ֗הוּ בְּלֵ֤ב שָׁלֵם֙ וּבְנֶ֣פֶשׁ חֲפֵצָ֔ה כִּ֤י כָל־לְבָבוֹת֙ דּוֹרֵ֣שׁ יְהוָ֔ה וְכָל־יֵ֥צֶר מַחֲשָׁב֖וֹת מֵבִ֑ין אִֽם־תִּדְרְשֶׁ֙נּוּ֙ יִמָּ֣צֵא לָ֔ךְ וְאִם־תַּֽעַזְבֶ֖נּוּ יַזְנִיחֲךָ֥ לָעַֽד׃ [1 Chronicles 28:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.28.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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