--- title: 1 Kings 6:27 (JPS 1917) — And he set the cherubim within the inner house; and the wings of the… · tree and pragmatics description: And he set the cherubim within the inner house; and the wings of the cherubim were stretched forth, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house. 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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 (Solomon, wing, wings), 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:215 # text = And he set the cherubim within the inner house; and the wings of the cherubim were stretched forth, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cherubim cherubim NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 within within ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 inner inner ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 cherubim cherubim NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ 17 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 stretched stretch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 19 forth forth ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 21 so so SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 fixed _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 wing wing NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nmod _ _ 28 touched touch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 31 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 wing wing NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 cherub cherub NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 40 touched touch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nsubj _ _ 48 touched touch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 49 one one PRON CD PronType=Rcp 48 obj _ _ 50 another another PRON DT PronType=Rcp 49 fixed _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ _ 57 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | past | Solomon | the cherubim | | | | within the inner house | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient cherubim=Result | | 2 | **stretch** | past · passive | | the wings of the cherubim | | | | forth *property* | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **touch** | past | the wing of the one | the one wall | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wall=Co-Theme | | 4 | **touch** | past | the wing of the other cherub | the other wall | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wall=Co-Theme | | 5 | **touch** | past | cherubim's wings | one | | the midst of the house | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme one=Co-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 {#hebrew} וַיִּתֵּ֨ן אֶת־הַכְּרוּבִ֜ים בְּת֣וֹךְ ׀ הַבַּ֣יִת הַפְּנִימִ֗י וַֽיִּפְרְשׂוּ֮ אֶת־כַּנְפֵ֣י הַכְּרֻבִים֒ וַתִּגַּ֤ע כְּנַף־הָֽאֶחָד֙ בַּקִּ֔יר וּכְנַף֙ הַכְּר֣וּב הַשֵּׁנִ֔י נֹגַ֖עַת בַּקִּ֣יר הַשֵּׁנִ֑י וְכַנְפֵיהֶם֙ אֶל־תּ֣וֹךְ הַבַּ֔יִת נֹגְעֹ֖ת כָּנָ֥ף אֶל־כָּנָֽף׃ [1 Kings 6:27: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.6.27/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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