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title: 1 Kings 5:23 (JPS 1917) — My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea; and I w… · tree and pragmatics
description: My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea; and I will make them into rafts to go by sea unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be broken up there, and thou shalt receive them; and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.' Who acts
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# 1 Kings 5:23 · JPS 1917

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My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea; and I will make them into rafts to go by sea unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be broken up there, and thou shalt receive them; and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.'

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**Who acts:** servants, I, thou, desire, my · **What happens:** bring down, make, go, appoint, cause, break up · **To what, where:** desire, Lebanon, rafts, place, food

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This is 1 Kings 5:23 · 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, I, thou, desire), 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:179
# text = My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea; and I will make them into rafts to go by sea unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be broken up there, and thou shalt receive them; and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.'
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Lebanon	Lebanon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
17	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	into	into	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	rafts	raft	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	advcl	_	_
22	by	by	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
24	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
27	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	30	obj	_	_
28	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	30	nsubj	_	_
29	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	30	aux	_	_
30	appoint	appoint	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	acl:relcl	_	_
31	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	30	obj	_	_
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
34	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	35	aux	_	_
35	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	conj	_	_
36	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	obj	_	_
37	to	to	PART	TO	_	39	mark	_	_
38	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	aux:pass	_	_
39	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	35	xcomp	_	_
40	up	up	ADP	RP	_	39	compound:prt	_	_
41	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	39	advmod	_	_
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
44	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	46	nsubj	_	_
45	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	46	aux	_	_
46	receive	receive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
47	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	obj	_	_
48	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	52	punct	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
50	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	52	nsubj	_	_
51	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	52	aux	_	_
52	accomplish	accomplish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
53	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	54	nmod:poss	_	_
54	desire	desire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obj	_	_
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
56	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	57	mark	_	_
57	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	52	advcl	_	_
58	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obj	_	_
59	for	for	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
60	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	61	nmod:poss	_	_
61	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obl	_	_
62	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
63	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed act=assert

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring down** | shall | My servants | desire |  | Lebanon |  | unto the sea | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent they=Theme from lebanon=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **make** | future | I | desire |  | rafts |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent they=Material into raft=Product |
| 3 | **go** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by sea; unto the place | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by sea=Location |
| 4 | **appoint** | shall | thou | the place |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme i=Attribute |
| 5 | **cause** | future | I *not said here* | desire |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **break up** | to-infinitive · passive | desire *not said here* |  |  | there |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V» |
| 7 | **receive** | shall | thou | desire |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 8 | **accomplish** | shall | thou | my desire |  |  |  |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent desire=Eventuality |
| 9 | **give** | gerund | thou *not said here* | food |  |  |  | for my household | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent food=Theme for household=Asset |
| 10 | **desire** |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom desire «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

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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}

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עֲ֠בָדַי יֹרִ֨דוּ מִן־הַלְּבָנ֜וֹן יָ֗מָּה וַ֠אֲנִי אֲשִׂימֵ֨ם דֹּבְר֤וֹת בַּיָּם֙ עַֽד־הַמָּק֞וֹם אֲשֶׁר־תִּשְׁלַ֥ח אֵלַ֛י וְנִפַּצְתִּ֥ים שָׁ֖ם וְאַתָּ֣ה תִשָּׂ֑א וְאַתָּה֙ תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה אֶת־חֶפְצִ֔י לָתֵ֖ת לֶ֥חֶם בֵּיתִֽי׃

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