1 Kings 20:31 · JPS 1917

And his servants said unto him: 'Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings; let us, we pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; peradventure he will save thy life.'

Who acts: servants, we, kings, us, hadad · What happens: say, hear, be, let, pray, put · To what, where: merciful kings, thee, sackcloth, loins, life · Speech: someone speaks here

This is 1 Kings 20:31 · 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 (servants, we, kings, us), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	4 said	cc
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 servants	nmod:poss
3	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	unto	unto	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	obl
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	14 heard	punct
8	'	'	PUNCT	_	14 heard	punct
9	Behold	behold	INTJ	_	14 heard	discourse
10	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 heard	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 now	punct
12	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 heard	nsubj
13	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 heard	aux
14	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 said	ccomp
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	25 kings	mark
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 kings	det
17	kings	king	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 kings	nsubj
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 house	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 house	det
20	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 kings	nmod
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 Israel	case
22	Israel	Israel	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 house	nmod
23	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 kings	cop
24	merciful	merciful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 kings	amod
25	kings	king	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 heard	ccomp
26	;	;	PUNCT	_	27 let	punct
27	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	parataxis
28	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	27 let	nsubj
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 pray	punct
30	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	31 pray	nsubj
31	pray	pray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	27 let	parataxis
32	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	31 pray	obj
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 put	punct
34	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	28 us	xcomp
35	sackcloth	sackcloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 put	obj
36	on	on	ADP	_	38 loins	case
37	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	38 loins	nmod:poss
38	loins	loin	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 put	obl
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 ropes	punct
40	and	and	CCONJ	_	41 ropes	cc
41	ropes	rope	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 loins	conj
42	upon	upon	ADP	_	44 heads	case
43	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	44 heads	nmod:poss
44	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 ropes	nmod
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 go	punct
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 go	cc
47	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	34 put	conj
48	out	out	ADV	_	47 go	advmod
49	to	to	ADP	_	51 king	case
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 king	det
51	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 go	obl
52	of	of	ADP	_	53 Israel	case
53	Israel	Israel	PROPN	Number=Sing	51 king	nmod
54	;	;	PUNCT	_	55 peradventure	punct
55	peradventure	peradventure	ADV	_	58 save	advmod
56	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 save	nsubj
57	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	58 save	aux
58	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	parataxis
59	thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	60 life	nmod:poss
60	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 save	obj
61	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct
62	'	'	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct

Pragmatics

form: command
act: suggest
voice: character
polarity: none
teacher: kept the draft

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	hadad's servants				unto hadad	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	hear	present · perfect	we			now		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
3	is a	present	the kings of the house of Israel	merciful kings				tree rules
4	let	infinitive	us					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent
5	pray	present	we	thee				tree rules
6	put	infinitive	us not said here	sackcloth	our loins and ropes upon our heads			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent sackcloth=Theme on loin=Destination
7	go out	infinitive	us not said here				to the king of Israel; out property	vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	save	future	hadad	thy life			peradventure property	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme

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

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָיו֮ עֲבָדָיו֒ הִנֵּֽה־נָ֣א שָׁמַ֔עְנוּ כִּ֗י מַלְכֵי֙ בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כִּֽי־מַלְכֵ֥י חֶ֖סֶד הֵ֑ם נָשִׂ֣ימָה נָּא֩ שַׂקִּ֨ים בְּמָתְנֵ֜ינוּ וַחֲבָלִ֣ים בְּרֹאשֵׁ֗נוּ וְנֵצֵא֙ אֶל־מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אוּלַ֖י יְחַיֶּ֥ה אֶת־נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃

1 Kings 20:31: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →

Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:1KI:759 of Mova's parse database.

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