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title: 1 Kings 8:54 (JPS 1917) — And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this… · tree and pragmatics
description: And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread forth toward heaven. Who acts: it, Solomon, end. 1 Kings 8:54 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree 
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# 1 Kings 8:54 · JPS 1917

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And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread forth toward heaven.

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**Who acts:** it, Solomon, end · **What happens:** be, make, pray, arise, kneel, spread · **To what, where:** end, prayer, altar, knees, heaven

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This is 1 Kings 8:54 · 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 (it, Solomon, end), 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:336
# text = And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread forth toward heaven.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
7	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	10	mark	_	_
8	Solomon	Solomon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	25	advcl	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	praying	pray	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	acl	_	_
15	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	17	det:predet	_	_
16	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	17	det	_	_
17	prayer	prayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	supplication	supplication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	_
20	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
24	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
25	arose	arise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	csubj	_	_
26	from	from	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
27	before	before	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	altar	altar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	_
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
34	from	from	ADP	IN	_	35	mark	_	_
35	kneeling	kneel	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	25	advcl	_	_
36	on	on	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	38	nmod:poss	_	_
38	knees	knee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	obl	_	_
39	with	with	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	41	nmod:poss	_	_
41	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	obl	_	_
42	spread	spread	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	25	advcl	_	_
43	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	42	advmod	_	_
44	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
45	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	_
46	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed act=narrate

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | so *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | past · perfect | Solomon | a end |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent end=Product |
| 3 | **pray** | gerund | a end *not said here* | all prayer and supplication |  |  |  | unto the LORD | tree rules |
| 4 | **arise** | past | Solomon |  |  | the altar of the LORD |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **kneel** | gerund | Solomon *not said here* |  |  | Solomon's knees |  | with Solomon's hands | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on knee=Location |
| 6 | **spread** | participle | Solomon *not said here* |  |  | heaven |  | forth *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme toward heaven=Destination |

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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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וַיְהִ֣י ׀ כְּכַלּ֣וֹת שְׁלֹמֹ֗ה לְהִתְפַּלֵּל֙ אֶל־יְהוָ֔ה אֵ֛ת כָּל־הַתְּפִלָּ֥ה וְהַתְּחִנָּ֖ה הַזֹּ֑את קָ֞ם מִלִּפְנֵ֨י מִזְבַּ֤ח יְהוָה֙ מִכְּרֹ֣עַ עַל־בִּרְכָּ֔יו וְכַפָּ֖יו פְּרֻשׂ֥וֹת הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃

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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:336` of Mova's parse database.

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