--- title: 1 Kings 8:21 (JPS 1917) — And there have I set a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of… · tree and pragmatics description: And there have I set a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, which He made with our fathers, when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.' 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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 (I, covenant, LORD), 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:303 # text = And there have I set a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, which He made with our fathers, when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 ark ark NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 wherein wherein ADV WRB PronType=Rel 10 acl:relcl _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 obj _ _ 21 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 when when SCONJ WRB _ 29 mark _ _ 28 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 out out ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ 38 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 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 | **set** | present · perfect | I | a place | | there | | for the ark | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent place=Patient for ark=Beneficiary | | 2 | **is** | present | the covenant of the LORD | the ark *not said here* | | | | wherein *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | past | LORD | the covenant of the LORD | | | | with our fathers | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Product | | 4 | **bring** | past | LORD | fathers *= father* | | the land of Egypt | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent they=Theme out land=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **covenant** | | the LORD | | | | | | nom covenant «communication 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} וָאָשִׂ֨ם שָׁ֤ם מָקוֹם֙ לָֽאָר֔וֹן אֲשֶׁר־שָׁ֖ם בְּרִ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר כָּרַת֙ עִם־אֲבֹתֵ֔ינוּ בְּהוֹצִיא֥וֹ אֹתָ֖ם מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃ס [1 Kings 8:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.8.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1KI:303` 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 8:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.302/) - next →: [1 Kings 8:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.304/) - ↑ back to [1 Kings 8:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.8.21/)