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title: 1 Kings 7:14 (JPS 1917) — He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father w… · tree and pragmatics
description: He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill, to work all works in brass. Who acts: Solomon, father. 1 Kings 7:14 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every cla
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# 1 Kings 7:14 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 of 2

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He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill, to work all works in brass.

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**Who acts:** Solomon, father · **What happens:** be, fill, work · **To what, where:** son, man, Solomon, works, brass

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This is 1 Kings 7:14 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 of 2 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 (Solomon, father), 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:242
# text = He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill, to work all works in brass.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	widow	widow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	tribe	tribe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Naphtali	Naphtali	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
17	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	Tyre	Tyre	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	worker	worker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	appos	_	_
25	in	in	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	brass	brass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	_
27	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	31	punct	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
29	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	nsubj:pass	_	_
30	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	aux:pass	_	_
31	filled	fill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
32	with	with	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
35	understanding	understanding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	conj	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
37	skill	skill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	conj	_	_
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
39	to	to	PART	TO	_	40	mark	_	_
40	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	31	advcl	_	_
41	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	42	det	_	_
42	works	work	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	obj	_	_
43	in	in	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	brass	brass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obl	_	_
45	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Solomon | the son and a man |  |  |  | of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past | Solomon's father | a man |  |  |  | of Tyre | tree rules |
| 3 | **fill** | past · passive |  | Solomon |  |  |  | with wisdom and understanding and skill | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with wisdom=Instrument |
| 4 | **work** | to-infinitive |  | all works |  | brass |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent work=Material |

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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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בֶּן־אִשָּׁה֩ אַלְמָנָ֨ה ה֜וּא מִמַּטֵּ֣ה נַפְתָּלִ֗י וְאָבִ֣יו אִישׁ־צֹרִי֮ חֹרֵ֣שׁ נְחֹשֶׁת֒ וַ֠יִּמָּלֵא אֶת־הַחָכְמָ֤ה וְאֶת־הַתְּבוּנָה֙ וְאֶת־הַדַּ֔עַת לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת כָּל־מְלָאכָ֖ה בַּנְּחֹ֑שֶׁת וַיָּבוֹא֙ אֶל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה וַיַּ֖עַשׂ אֶת־כָּל־מְלַאכְתּֽוֹ׃

[1 Kings 7:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.7.14/)

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This verse in JPS 1917:

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1. **He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill, to work all works in brass.**
2. [And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.243/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1KI:242` of Mova's parse database.

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