1 Kings 20:39 מְלָכִים א

Who acts: king, servant, man, life, thou · What happens: pass by, cry, say, go out, turn, bring · To what, where: midst, man, talent · Speech: someone speaks in this verse

This is 1 Kings 20:39 from Mova's open Bible corpus, the Tanakh in three languages (Nevi'im — the Prophets). The page gives the verse in Hebrew as the Westminster Leningrad Codex has it, its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, built from MACULA Hebrew — and its pragmatics: who acts — king, servant, man, life, thou — and what happens in the verse to midst, man, talent, read clause by clause by Mova's frames. Beside it stand the Aramaic of Targum Jonathan and the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, each English sentence with a tree of its own. It is one of the 22 chapters of 1 Kings on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between.

וַיְהִ֤י הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ עֹבֵ֔ר וְה֖וּא צָעַ֣ק אֶל־הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַיֹּ֜אמֶר עַבְדְּךָ֣ ׀ יָצָ֣א בְקֶֽרֶב־הַמִּלְחָמָ֗ה וְהִנֵּֽה־אִ֨ישׁ סָ֜ר וַיָּבֵ֧א אֵלַ֣י אִ֗ישׁ וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ שְׁמֹר֙ אֶת־הָאִ֣ישׁ הַזֶּ֔ה אִם־הִפָּקֵד֙ יִפָּקֵ֔ד וְהָיְתָ֤ה נַפְשְׁךָ֙ תַּ֣חַת נַפְשׁ֔וֹ א֥וֹ כִכַּר־כֶּ֖סֶף תִּשְׁקֽוֹל׃

And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king; and he said: 'Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said: Keep this man; if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.

The tree

Right to left, as the Hebrew is read; a prefix or suffix is a word of its own, and a line under the words joins those written as one. Under each word its part of speech and MACULA's English gloss.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation	gloss
1	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	2 יְהִ֤י	cc	and
2	יְהִ֤י	הָיָה	VERB	Gender=Masc HebBinyan=QAL Number=Sing Person=3	root	root	it was
3	הַ	הַ	DET	PronType=Art	4 מֶּ֙לֶךְ֙	det	the
4	מֶּ֙לֶךְ֙	מֶלֶךְ	NOUN	Gender=Masc Number=Sing	5 עֹבֵ֔ר	nsubj	king
5	עֹבֵ֔ר	עָבַר	VERB	Gender=Masc HebBinyan=QAL Number=Sing	2 יְהִ֤י	parataxis	[was] passing by
6	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	8 צָעַ֣ק	cc	and
7	ה֖וּא	הוּא	PRON	Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 צָעַ֣ק	nsubj	he
8	צָעַ֣ק	צָעַק	VERB	Gender=Masc HebBinyan=QAL Number=Sing Person=3	2 יְהִ֤י	conj	he cried out
9	אֶל־	אֶל	ADP	_	11 מֶּ֑לֶךְ	case	to
10	הַ	הַ	DET	PronType=Art	11 מֶּ֑לֶךְ	det	the
11	מֶּ֑לֶךְ	מֶלֶךְ	NOUN	Gender=Masc Number=Sing	8 צָעַ֣ק	obl	king
12	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	13 יֹּ֜אמֶר	cc	and
13	יֹּ֜אמֶר	אָמַר	VERB	Gender=Masc HebBinyan=QAL Number=Sing Person=3	2 יְהִ֤י	conj	he said
14	עַבְדּ	עֶבֶד	NOUN	Gender=Masc Number=Sing	17 יָצָ֣א	nsubj	servant
15	ְךָ֣	הוּא	PRON	Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 עַבְדּ	nmod:poss	your
16	׀	׀	PUNCT	_	15 ְךָ֣	punct
17	יָצָ֣א	יָצָא	VERB	Gender=Masc HebBinyan=QAL Number=Sing Person=3	13 יֹּ֜אמֶר	ccomp	he went out
18	בְ	בְּ	ADP	_	19 קֶֽרֶב־	case	in
19	קֶֽרֶב־	קֶרֶב	NOUN	Gender=Masc Number=Sing	17 יָצָ֣א	obl	the midst
20	הַ	הַ	DET	PronType=Art	21 מִּלְחָמָ֗ה	det	of
21	מִּלְחָמָ֗ה	מִלְחָמָה	NOUN	Gender=Fem Number=Sing	19 קֶֽרֶב־	compound:smixut	the battle
22	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	25 סָ֜ר	cc	and
23	הִנֵּֽה־	הִנֵּה	INTJ	_	25 סָ֜ר	discourse	there!
24	אִ֨ישׁ	אִישׁ	NOUN	Gender=Masc Number=Sing	25 סָ֜ר	nsubj	a man
25	סָ֜ר	סוּר	VERB	Gender=Masc HebBinyan=QAL Number=Sing Person=3	17 יָצָ֣א	conj	he turned aside
26	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	27 יָּבֵ֧א	cc	and
27	יָּבֵ֧א	בּוֹא	VERB	Gender=Masc HebBinyan=HIPHIL Number=Sing Person=3	2 יְהִ֤י	conj	he brought
28	אֵל	אֶל	ADP	_	29 ַ֣י	case	to
29	ַ֣י	הוּא	PRON	Gender=Com Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	27 יָּבֵ֧א	obl	me
30	אִ֗ישׁ	אִישׁ	NOUN	Gender=Masc Number=Sing	27 יָּבֵ֧א	obj	a man
31	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	32 יֹּ֙אמֶר֙	cc	and
32	יֹּ֙אמֶר֙	אָמַר	VERB	Gender=Masc HebBinyan=QAL Number=Sing Person=3	2 יְהִ֤י	conj	he said
33	שְׁמֹר֙	שָׁמַר	VERB	Gender=Masc HebBinyan=QAL Number=Sing Person=2	32 יֹּ֙אמֶר֙	ccomp	guard
34	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	36 אִ֣ישׁ	case	(et)
35	הָ	הַ	DET	PronType=Art	36 אִ֣ישׁ	det	the
36	אִ֣ישׁ	אִישׁ	NOUN	Gender=Masc Number=Sing	33 שְׁמֹר֙	obj	man
37	הַ	הַ	DET	PronType=Art	38 זֶּ֔ה	det	(the)
38	זֶּ֔ה	זֶה	DET	Gender=Masc Number=Sing PronType=Dem	36 אִ֣ישׁ	det	this
39	אִם־	אִם	SCONJ	_	41 יִפָּקֵ֔ד	mark	if
40	הִפָּקֵד֙	פָּקַד	VERB	HebBinyan=NIPHAL	41 יִפָּקֵ֔ד	obl:npmod	indeed (be missing)
41	יִפָּקֵ֔ד	פָּקַד	VERB	Gender=Masc HebBinyan=NIPHAL Number=Sing Person=3	46 תַּ֣חַת	advcl	he will be missing
42	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	46 תַּ֣חַת	cc	and
43	הָיְתָ֤ה	הָיָה	AUX	Gender=Fem HebBinyan=QAL Number=Sing Person=3	46 תַּ֣חַת	cop	it will be
44	נַפְשׁ	נֶפֶשׁ	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 תַּ֣חַת	nsubj	life
45	ְךָ֙	הוּא	PRON	Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs	44 נַפְשׁ	nmod:poss	your
46	תַּ֣חַת	תַּחַת	NOUN	_	33 שְׁמֹר֙	parataxis	in place of
47	נַפְשׁ	נֶפֶשׁ	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 תַּ֣חַת	compound:smixut	life
48	֔וֹ	הוּא	PRON	Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 נַפְשׁ	nmod:poss	his
49	א֥וֹ	אוֹ	CCONJ	_	52 תִּשְׁקֽוֹל	cc	or
50	כִכַּר־	כִּכָּר	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 תִּשְׁקֽוֹל	obj	a talent
51	כֶּ֖סֶף	כֶּסֶף	NOUN	Gender=Masc Number=Sing	50 כִכַּר־	compound:smixut	of silver
52	תִּשְׁקֽוֹל	שָׁקַל	VERB	Gender=Masc HebBinyan=QAL Number=Sing Person=2	46 תַּ֣חַת	conj	you will weigh out
53	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	52 תִּשְׁקֽוֹל	punct

Pragmatics

form: statement
act: assert
voice: character
speech: a frame and its quote
negation: no
the frame alone: decl · narrate · none

verb	form · stem	who (A0)	what, whom (A1)	who makes it happen (AA)
עֹבֵר [was] passing by	participle active · qal	מֶּלֶךְ king
צָעַק he cried out	qatal · qal	הוּא he
יֹּאמֶר he said	wayyiqtol · qal
יָצָא he went out	qatal · qal	עַבְדּ servant
סָר he turned aside	qatal · qal	אִישׁ a man
יָּבֵא he brought	wayyiqtol · hiphil	אִישׁ a man		אִישׁ a man
יֹּאמֶר he said	wayyiqtol · qal	אִישׁ a man
שְׁמֹר guard	imperative · qal	עַבְדּ servant	אִישׁ man
יִפָּקֵד he will be missing	yiqtol · niphal		אִישׁ man
הָיְתָה it will be	qatal · qal	נַפְשׁ life
תִּשְׁקֽוֹל you will weigh out	yiqtol · qal	עַבְדּ servant	כִכַּר־ a talent

MACULA's semantic frames: for each verb the head word of each participant. A0 is the one who acts, A1 what the act is done to or is about, A2 a further participant; AA, with a causative verb, the one who makes it happen.

Targum Jonathan

וַהֲוָה מַלְכָּא עֲבַר וְהוּא צָוַח קֳדָם מַלְכָּא וַאֲמַר עַבְדָךְ נָפַק בְּגוֹ קְרָבָא וְהָא גַבְרָא זָר וְאַיְתֵי לִי גַבְרָא וַאֲמַר טַר יַת גַבְרָא הָדֵין אִם מִשְׁגָא יִשְׁגֵי וּתְהִי נַפְשָׁךְ חֲלַף נַפְשֵׁיהּ אוֹ כִכְּרָא דְכַסְפָּא תִּתְקוֹל:

The Aramaic translation read beside the Hebrew. Text only: Mova has no Aramaic parser yet.

English, JPS 1917

Each sentence on its own page, with its tree and pragmatics. A sentence that runs on into the next verse is listed under the verse it begins in.

And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king; and he said: 'Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said: Keep this man; if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex, public domain. Tree, glosses and frames: MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets, available at github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-hebrew, CC BY 4.0; converted to Universal Dependencies by Mova (words in text order, a prefix its own word). Speech act: Mova's rules on the MACULA words (macula prag). Targum: Onkelos (Torat Emet), Jonathan and the Writings (Mikraot Gedolot), from Sefaria, public domain.

English: JPS 1917, public domain; trees and speech acts by Mova's cycle, frames by Mova's reader (Elamur Cosmic License).

Hebrew sentence wlc:1KI:729.

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