--- title: 1 Kings 5:21 (JPS 1917) — And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he… · tree and pragmatics description: And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said: 'Blessed be the LORD this day, who hath given unto David a wise son over this great people.' 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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 (skill, Hiram, 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:1KI:177 # text = And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said: 'Blessed be the LORD this day, who hath given unto David a wise son over this great people.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 when when SCONJ WRB _ 9 mark _ _ 8 Hiram Hiram PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Solomon Solomon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 rejoiced rejoice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 18 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 22 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 23 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ _ 24 Blessed bless VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 ccomp _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 aux:pass _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 29 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl:unmarked _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 32 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 acl:relcl _ _ 34 unto unto ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 39 over over ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 det _ _ 41 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 44 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: fragment - act: express - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=express | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | skill | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | skill *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **hear** | past | Hiram | the words of Solomon | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 4 | **rejoice** | past | Hiram | | | | | greatly *property* | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Hiram *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **bless** | infinitive · passive | | the LORD | | | day | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **give** | present · perfect | the LORD | a wise son | | | | unto David; over this great people | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme | | 8 | **word** | | | Solomon | | | | | nom word «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} וַיְהִ֞י כִּשְׁמֹ֧עַ חִירָ֛ם אֶת־דִּבְרֵ֥י שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה וַיִּשְׂמַ֣ח מְאֹ֑ד וַיֹּ֗אמֶר בָּר֤וּךְ יְהוָה֙ הַיּ֔וֹם אֲשֶׁ֨ר נָתַ֤ן לְדָוִד֙ בֵּ֣ן חָכָ֔ם עַל־הָעָ֥ם הָרָ֖ב הַזֶּֽה׃ [1 Kings 5:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.5.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1KI:177` 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 Kings 5:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.176/) - next →: [1 Kings 5:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.178/) - ↑ back to [1 Kings 5:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.5.21/)