--- title: 1 Samuel 2:28 (JPS 1917) — And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be My priest… · tree and pragmatics description: And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be My priest, to go up unto Mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before Me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire? 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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 (I), 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:1SA:59 # text = And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be My priest, to go up unto Mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before Me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire? 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 out out ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 6 fixed _ _ 8 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 10 det:predet _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 tribes tribe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 cop _ _ 15 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 advcl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 20 up up ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 unto unto ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 Mine mine PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 burn burn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 27 incense incense NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 wear wear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 31 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 ephod ephod NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 before before ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 35 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 40 unto unto ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 46 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 48 det:predet _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nmod _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nmod _ _ 54 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 51 acl _ _ 55 by by ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl:agent _ _ 57 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=q | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | past · do-support | I | LORD | | all tribes of Israel | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | My priest | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go up** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | unto Mine altar | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **burn** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | incense | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent incense=Theme | | 5 | **wear** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | a ephod | | | before Me | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent ephod=Source | | 6 | **give** | past · do-support | I | all offerings of the children of Israel | | | | unto the house of thy father | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offering=Theme | | 7 | **make** | participle | | the children of Israel *not said here* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 8 | **offer** | | | the children of Israel | | | | | nom offering «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} וּבָחֹ֣ר אֹ֠תוֹ מִכָּל־שִׁבְטֵ֨י יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל לִי֙ לְכֹהֵ֔ן לַעֲל֣וֹת עַֽל־מִזְבְּחִ֗י לְהַקְטִ֥יר קְטֹ֛רֶת לָשֵׂ֥את אֵפ֖וֹד לְפָנָ֑י וָֽאֶתְּנָה֙ לְבֵ֣ית אָבִ֔יךָ אֶת־כָּל־אִשֵּׁ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ [1 Samuel 2:28: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.2.28/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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