--- title: 1 Kings 8:47 (JPS 1917) — yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are ca… · tree and pragmatics description: yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn back, and make supplication unto Thee in the land of them that carried them captive, saying: We have sinned, and have done iniquitously, we have dealt wickedly; Who acts: people, land, We. 1 Kings 8:47 in JPS --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.329/) [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/) / [8:47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.8.47/) / JPS 1 # 1 Kings 8:47 · JPS 1917 yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn back, and make supplication unto Thee in the land of them that carried them captive, saying: We have sinned, and have done iniquitously, we have dealt wickedly; **Who acts:** people, land, We · **What happens:** bethink, carry, turn back, make, say, sin · **To what, where:** people, land, supplication · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Kings 8:47 · 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 (people, land, We), 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:329 # text = yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn back, and make supplication unto Thee in the land of them that carried them captive, saying: We have sinned, and have done iniquitously, we have dealt wickedly; 1 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 bethink bethink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 advcl _ _ 6 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Rel 13 advmod _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl:relcl _ _ 14 captive captive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 xcomp _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 18 back back ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 22 supplication supplication NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 23 unto unto ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 Thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 obl _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nmod _ _ 30 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 31 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 captive captive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 36 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 37 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 sinned sin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 ccomp _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 conj _ _ 44 iniquitously iniquitously ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 dealt deal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 49 wickedly wickedly ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 50 ; ; PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bethink** *a condition, not said to happen* | shall | people | people | | the land | | | tree rules | | 2 | **carry** | present · passive | | people | | | | captive, whither *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **turn back** | infinitive | people *not said here* | | | | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **make** | infinitive | people *not said here* | supplication | | the land of people | | unto Thee | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset supplication=Product | | 5 | **carry** | past | the land of people | people | | | | captive *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the land of people *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **sin** | present · perfect | We | | | | | | vn rebel-71.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **do** | present · perfect | We *not said here* | | | | | iniquitously *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **deal** | present · perfect | we | | | | | wickedly *property* | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=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} וְהֵשִׁ֙יבוּ֙ אֶל־לִבָּ֔ם בָּאָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִשְׁבּוּ־שָׁ֑ם וְשָׁ֣בוּ ׀ וְהִֽתְחַנְּנ֣וּ אֵלֶ֗יךָ בְּאֶ֤רֶץ שֹֽׁבֵיהֶם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר חָטָ֥אנוּ וְהֶעֱוִ֖ינוּ רָשָֽׁעְנוּ׃ [1 Kings 8:47: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.8.47/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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