--- title: 1 Chronicles 28:18 (JPS 1917) — and for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for th… · tree and pragmatics description: and for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot, even the cherubim, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD. 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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 (cherubim, chariot, 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:993 # text = and for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot, even the cherubim, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD. 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 incense incense NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 refined refine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 weight weight NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 pattern pattern NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 chariot chariot NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 even even ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 cherubim cherubim NOUN NN Number=Plur 19 appos _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 27 out out ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 covered cover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 ark ark NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 7 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 | **refine** | past | | gold | | | | for the altar of incense; by weight | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent gold=Patient | | 2 | **spread out** | past | the cherubim | bowls's wings | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location wing=Theme | | 3 | **cover** | past | the cherubim *not said here* | the ark of the covenant of the LORD | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ark=Destination | | 4 | **pattern** | | the chariot | | | | | | nom pattern «cognition intransitive»: of=agent | | 5 | **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} וּלְמִזְבַּ֧ח הַקְּטֹ֛רֶת זָהָ֥ב מְזֻקָּ֖ק בַּמִּשְׁקָ֑ל וּלְתַבְנִ֣ית הַמֶּרְכָּבָ֗ה הַכְּרֻבִ֤ים זָהָב֙ לְפֹ֣רְשִׂ֔ים וְסֹכְכִ֖ים עַל־אֲר֥וֹן בְּרִית־יְהוָֽה׃ [1 Chronicles 28:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.28.18/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1CH:993` 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 28:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.992/) - next →: [1 Chronicles 28:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.994/) - ↑ back to [1 Chronicles 28:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.28.18/)