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title: 1 Kings 8:25 (JPS 1917) — Now therefore, O LORD, the God of Israel, keep with Thy servant Davi… · tree and pragmatics
description: Now therefore, O LORD, the God of Israel, keep with Thy servant David my father that which Thou hast promised him saying: There shall not fail thee a man in My sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only thy children take heed to their way, to walk before Me as thou hast walked before Me. Who acts
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# 1 Kings 8:25 · JPS 1917

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Now therefore, O LORD, the God of Israel, keep with Thy servant David my father that which Thou hast promised him saying: There shall not fail thee a man in My sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only thy children take heed to their way, to walk before Me as thou hast walked before Me.

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**Who acts:** you, Thou, children, My · **What happens:** keep, promise, say, not fail, sit, take · **To what, where:** LORD, man, thee, sight, throne, heed · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is 1 Kings 8:25 · 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 (you, Thou, children, My), 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:307
# text = Now therefore, O LORD, the God of Israel, keep with Thy servant David my father that which Thou hast promised him saying: There shall not fail thee a man in My sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only thy children take heed to their way, to walk before Me as thou hast walked before Me.
1	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
2	therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	O	o	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
5	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	vocative	_	_
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
12	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	David	David	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	appos	_	_
17	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	appos	_	_
19	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
20	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obj	_	_
21	Thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	23	nsubj	_	_
22	hast	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
23	promised	promise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	acl:relcl	_	_
24	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	iobj	_	_
25	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	23	xcomp	_	_
26	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	30	punct	_	_
27	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	30	expl	_	_
28	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	30	aux	_	_
29	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	30	advmod	_	_
30	fail	fail	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	25	ccomp	_	_
31	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	30	iobj	_	_
32	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obj	_	_
34	in	in	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	36	nmod:poss	_	_
36	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nmod	_	_
37	to	to	PART	TO	_	38	mark	_	_
38	sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	33	acl	_	_
39	on	on	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
42	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	nmod	_	_
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
45	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	49	mark	_	_
46	only	only	ADV	RB	_	48	advmod	_	_
47	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	48	nmod:poss	_	_
48	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	nsubj	_	_
49	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	38	advcl	_	_
50	heed	heed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obj	_	_
51	to	to	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	53	nmod:poss	_	_
53	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obl	_	_
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
55	to	to	PART	TO	_	56	mark	_	_
56	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	49	advcl	_	_
57	before	before	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
58	Me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	56	obl	_	_
59	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	62	mark	_	_
60	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	62	nsubj	_	_
61	hast	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	62	aux	_	_
62	walked	walk	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	49	advcl	_	_
63	before	before	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
64	Me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	62	obl	_	_
65	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: request
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | now | with Thy servant; LORD *vocative*; therefore *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme |
| 2 | **promise** *speech: promise* | present · perfect | Thou |  | LORD |  |  |  | vn promise-37.13 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | gerund | Thou *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **not** **fail** | shall |  | a man | thee | My sight; there |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **sit** | to-infinitive |  | a man *not said here* |  | the throne of Israel |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on throne=Location |
| 6 | **take** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | thy children | heed |  | servants's way |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent heed=Theme to way=Destination |
| 7 | **walk** | to-infinitive | thy children *not said here* |  |  |  | before Me |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before i=Trajectory |
| 8 | **walk** | present · perfect | thou |  |  |  | before Me |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before i=Trajectory |
| 9 | **sight** |  | My |  |  |  |  |  | nom sight «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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}

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וְעַתָּ֞ה יְהוָ֣ה ׀ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל שְׁ֠מֹר לְעַבְדְּךָ֨דָוִ֤ד אָבִי֙ אֵת֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבַּ֤רְתָּ לּוֹ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לֹא־יִכָּרֵ֨ת לְךָ֥ אִישׁ֙ מִלְּפָנַ֔י יֹשֵׁ֖ב עַל־כִּסֵּ֣א יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל רַ֠ק אִם־יִשְׁמְר֨וּ בָנֶ֤יךָ אֶת־דַּרְכָּם֙ לָלֶ֣כֶת לְפָנַ֔י כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר הָלַ֖כְתָּ לְפָנָֽי׃

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1KI:307` of Mova's parse database.

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