--- title: 1 Kings 7:16 (JPS 1917) — And he made two capitals of molten brass, to set upon the tops of th… · tree and pragmatics description: And he made two capitals of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars; the height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits. 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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, height), 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:245 # text = And he made two capitals of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars; the height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits. 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 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 capitals capital NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 molten molten ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 brass brass NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 12 upon upon ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 tops top NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 pillars pillar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 24 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nummod _ _ 27 cubits cubit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 parataxis _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 38 cubits cubit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 39 . . 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 | **make** | past | Solomon | two capitals of molten brass | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent capital=Product | | 2 | **set** | to-infinitive | Solomon *not said here* | | | the tops of the pillars | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent upon top=Destination | | 3 | **is a** | past | the height of the one capital | five cubits | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** | past | the height of the other capital | five cubits | | | | | tree rules | 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} וּשְׁתֵּ֨י כֹתָרֹ֜ת עָשָׂ֗ה לָתֵ֛ת עַל־רָאשֵׁ֥י הָֽעַמּוּדִ֖ים מֻצַ֣ק נְחֹ֑שֶׁת חָמֵ֣שׁ אַמּ֗וֹת קוֹמַת֙ הַכֹּתֶ֣רֶת הָאֶחָ֔ת וְחָמֵ֣שׁ אַמּ֔וֹת קוֹמַ֖ת הַכֹּתֶ֥רֶת הַשֵּׁנִֽית׃ [1 Kings 7:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.7.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1KI:245` 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 7:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.244/) - next →: [1 Kings 7:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.246/) - ↑ back to [1 Kings 7:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.7.16/)