--- title: 1 Kings 1:25 (JPS 1917) — For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fatlings and s… · tree and pragmatics description: For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say: Long live king Adonijah. 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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 (king, Nathan), 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:25 # text = For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say: Long live king Adonijah. 1 For for SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 down down ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 slain slain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 12 oxen ox NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 fatlings fatling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 abundance abundance NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 23 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 27 det:predet _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 25 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod:poss _ _ 26 's 's PART POS _ 25 case _ _ 27 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 captains captain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 conj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 Abiathar Abiathar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 appos _ _ 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 behold behold INTJ UH _ 46 discourse _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 45 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 drink drink VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 conj _ _ 49 before before ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obl _ _ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 conj _ _ 54 : : PUNCT : _ 57 punct _ _ 55 Long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 56 advmod _ _ 56 live live VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 53 ccomp _ _ 57 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nsubj _ _ 58 Adonijah Adonijah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 appos _ _ 59 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go down** | present · passive | king | | | | day | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **slain** | present · perfect | king *not said here* | oxen and fatlings and sheep | | abundance | | | tree rules | | 3 | **call** | present · perfect | king *not said here* | | king's sons and the captains of the host and Abiathar | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent son=Recipient | | 4 | **eat** | present | Nathan | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **drink** | present | Nathan *not said here* | | | | before king | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Nathan *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **live** | infinitive | king | | | | | long *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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} כִּ֣י ׀ יָרַ֣ד הַיּ֗וֹם וַ֠יִּזְבַּח שׁ֥וֹר וּֽמְרִיא־וְצֹאן֮ לָרֹב֒ וַיִּקְרָא֩ לְכָל־בְּנֵ֨י הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ וּלְשָׂרֵ֤י הַצָּבָא֙ וּלְאֶבְיָתָ֣ר הַכֹּהֵ֔ן וְהִנָּ֛ם אֹכְלִ֥ים וְשֹׁתִ֖ים לְפָנָ֑יו וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ יְחִ֖י הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ אֲדֹנִיָּֽהוּ׃ [1 Kings 1:25: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.1.25/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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