--- title: 1 Kings 8:8 (JPS 1917) — And the staves were so long that the ends of the staves were seen fr… · tree and pragmatics description: And the staves were so long that the ends of the staves were seen from the holy place, even before the Sanctuary; but they could not be seen without; and there they are unto this day. Who acts: staves. 1 Kings 8:8 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.290/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [1 Kings](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI/) / [chapter 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI/8/) / [8:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.8.8/) / JPS 1 # 1 Kings 8:8 · JPS 1917 And the staves were so long that the ends of the staves were seen from the holy place, even before the Sanctuary; but they could not be seen without; and there they are unto this day. **Who acts:** staves · **What happens:** be, see, not see · **To what, where:** ends, holy place, staves This is 1 Kings 8:8 · JPS 1917 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 (staves), 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:290 # text = And the staves were so long that the ends of the staves were seen from the holy place, even before the Sanctuary; but they could not be seen without; and there they are unto this day. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 staves stave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 ends end NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 staves stave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 13 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 advcl _ _ 15 from from ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 even even ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 21 before before ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Sanctuary Sanctuary PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 31 without without ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 37 unto unto ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 det _ _ 39 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 6 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 staves | | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | past · passive | | the ends of the staves | | the holy place | before the Sanctuary | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 3 | **not** **see** | could · passive | | staves *= stave* | | | | without *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | 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} וַֽיַּאֲרִכוּ֮ הַבַּדִּים֒ וַיֵּרָאוּ֩ רָאשֵׁ֨י הַבַּדִּ֤ים מִן־הַקֹּ֙דֶשׁ֙ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י הַדְּבִ֔יר וְלֹ֥א יֵרָא֖וּ הַח֑וּצָה וַיִּ֣הְיוּ שָׁ֔ם עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃ [1 Kings 8:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.8.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1KI:290` 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 8:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.289/) - next →: [1 Kings 8:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.291/) - ↑ back to [1 Kings 8:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.8.8/)