--- title: 1 Kings 7:31 (JPS 1917) — And the mouth of it within the crown and above was a cubit high; and… · tree and pragmatics description: And the mouth of it within the crown and above was a cubit high; and the mouth thereof was round after the work of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and also upon the mouth of it were gravings; and their borders were foursquare, not round. 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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 (mouth, borders, pedestal), 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:260 # text = And the mouth of it within the crown and above was a cubit high; and the mouth thereof was round after the work of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and also upon the mouth of it were gravings; and their borders were foursquare, not round. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nmod _ _ 6 within within ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 above above ADV RB _ 8 conj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 cubit cubit NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl:unmarked _ _ 14 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 19 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 21 round round ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ _ 22 after after ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 pedestal pedestal NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 cubit cubit NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 appos _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 30 conj _ _ 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 36 also also ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 37 upon upon ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nmod _ _ 42 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 43 gravings graving NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ _ 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 46 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 borders border NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nsubj _ _ 48 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 49 foursquare foursquare ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 52 advmod _ _ 52 round round ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 conj _ _ 53 . . PUNCT . _ 14 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 | **is** | past | the mouth of laver within the crown | | | | | a cubit *obl:unmarked*; high *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | the mouth | | | | after the work of a pedestal | round *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | past | the mouth of laver within the crown *not said here* | gravings | | | | upon the mouth of mouth | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | past | gravings's borders | | | | | foursquare *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **be** | | gravings's borders *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **work** | | a pedestal | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: of=agent | 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} וּ֠פִיהוּ מִבֵּ֨ית לַכֹּתֶ֤רֶת וָמַ֙עְלָה֙ בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה וּפִ֙יהָ֙ עָגֹ֣ל מַעֲשֵׂה־כֵ֔ן אַמָּ֖ה וַחֲצִ֣י הָֽאַמָּ֑ה וְגַם־עַל־פִּ֙יהָ֙ מִקְלָע֔וֹת וּמִסְגְּרֹתֵיהֶ֥ם מְרֻבָּע֖וֹת לֹ֥א עֲגֻלּֽוֹת׃ [1 Kings 7:31: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.7.31/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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