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title: 1 Kings 8:36 (JPS 1917) — then hear Thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of Thy servants, and o… · tree and pragmatics
description: then hear Thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of Thy servants, and of Thy people Israel, when Thou teachest them the good way wherein they should walk; and send rain upon Thy land, which Thou hast given to Thy people for an inheritance. Who acts: Thou, people. 1 Kings 8:36 in JPS 1917 with its depen
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# 1 Kings 8:36 · JPS 1917

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then hear Thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of Thy servants, and of Thy people Israel, when Thou teachest them the good way wherein they should walk; and send rain upon Thy land, which Thou hast given to Thy people for an inheritance.

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**Who acts:** Thou, people · **What happens:** hear, forgive, teach, walk, send, give · **To what, where:** heaven, sin, good way, people, rain, land

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This is 1 Kings 8:36 · 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, people), 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:318
# text = then hear Thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of Thy servants, and of Thy people Israel, when Thou teachest them the good way wherein they should walk; and send rain upon Thy land, which Thou hast given to Thy people for an inheritance.
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	forgive	forgive	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sin	sin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
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	10	nmod	_	_
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
19	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	appos	_	_
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	23	mark	_	_
22	Thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	23	nsubj	_	_
23	teachest	teach	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
24	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	iobj	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	_
28	wherein	wherein	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	31	advmod	_	_
29	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	nsubj	_	_
30	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	31	aux	_	_
31	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	27	acl:relcl	_	_
32	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	34	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
34	send	send	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
35	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obj	_	_
36	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	38	nmod:poss	_	_
38	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	_
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
40	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	43	obj	_	_
41	Thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	43	nsubj	_	_
42	hast	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	43	aux	_	_
43	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	38	acl:relcl	_	_
44	to	to	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	46	nmod:poss	_	_
46	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	obl	_	_
47	for	for	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	inheritance	inheritance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	_
50	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: command
- act: request
- voice: character
- polarity: pos
- teacher: changed voice=character

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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 | **forgive** | infinitive | Thou *not said here* | the sin of Thy servants and Thy people |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sin=Theme |
| 3 | **teach** *speech: other* | present | Thou | the good way | people |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient way=Topic |
| 4 | **walk** | should | people |  |  |  |  | wherein *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **send** | infinitive | Thou *not said here* | rain |  |  |  | upon Thy land | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rain=Theme |
| 6 | **give** | present · perfect | Thou | Thy land | Thy people |  |  | for a inheritance | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent which=Theme to people=Recipient for inheritance=Asset |

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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 וְסָ֨לַחְתָּ֜ לְחַטַּ֤את עֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙ וְעַמְּךָ֣ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כִּ֥י תוֹרֵ֛ם אֶת־הַדֶּ֥רֶךְ הַטּוֹבָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֵֽלְכוּ־בָ֑הּ וְנָתַתָּ֤ה מָטָר֙ עַל־אַרְצְךָ֔ אֲשֶׁר־נָתַ֥תָּה לְעַמְּךָ֖ לְנַחֲלָֽה׃ס

[1 Kings 8:36: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.8.36/)

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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:318` of Mova's parse database.

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