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title: 1 Kings 8:32 (JPS 1917) — then hear Thou in heaven, and do, and judge Thy servants, condemning… · tree and pragmatics
description: then hear Thou in heaven, and do, and judge Thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness. Who acts: Thou. 1 Kings 8:32 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause.
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# 1 Kings 8:32 · JPS 1917

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then hear Thou in heaven, and do, and judge Thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

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**Who acts:** Thou · **What happens:** hear, judge, condemn, bring, justify, give · **To what, where:** heaven, servants, wicked, way, righteous

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This is 1 Kings 8:32 · 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 (Thou), 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:314
# text = then hear Thou in heaven, and do, and judge Thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
1	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
2	hear	hear	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	2	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	judge	judge	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	condemning	condemn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	obj	_	_
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
21	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
23	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
24	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
25	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
27	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	29	punct	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
29	justifying	justify	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	righteous	righteous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	obj	_	_
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
33	to	to	PART	TO	_	34	mark	_	_
34	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	advcl	_	_
35	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	obj	_	_
36	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	39	case	_	_
37	to	to	ADP	IN	_	36	fixed	_	_
38	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	39	nmod:poss	_	_
39	righteousness	righteousness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	_
40	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: command
- act: request
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed voice=character, polarity=none

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | infinitive | Thou |  |  | heaven | then |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **judge** | infinitive | Thou *not said here* | Thy servants |  |  |  |  | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent servant=Value |
| 3 | **condemn** | gerund | Thou *not said here* | the wicked |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wicked=Theme |
| 4 | **bring** | to-infinitive | Thou *not said here* | heaven's way |  |  |  | upon heaven's own head | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent way=Theme |
| 5 | **justify** *speech: other* | gerund | Thou *not said here* | the righteous |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent righteous=Topic |
| 6 | **give** | to-infinitive | Thou *not said here* | heaven |  |  |  | accord heaven's righteousness | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 7 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=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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וְאַתָּ֣ה ׀ תִּשְׁמַ֣ע הַשָּׁמַ֗יִם וְעָשִׂ֙יתָ֙ וְשָׁפַטְתָּ֣ אֶת־עֲבָדֶ֔יךָ לְהַרְשִׁ֣יעַ רָשָׁ֔ע לָתֵ֥ת דַּרְכּ֖וֹ בְּרֹאשׁ֑וֹ וּלְהַצְדִּ֣יק צַדִּ֔יק לָ֥תֶת ל֖וֹ כְּצִדְקָתֽוֹ׃ס

[1 Kings 8:32: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.8.32/)

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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:314` of Mova's parse database.

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