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# 1 Kings 8:59 · JPS 1917

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And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that He maintain the cause of His servant, and the cause of His people Israel, as every day shall require;

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**Who acts:** you, I, words, LORD, day, my · **What happens:** let, make, be, maintain, require, word · **To what, where:** words, supplication, cause, servant, people

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This is 1 Kings 8:59 · 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, I, words, LORD), 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:341
# text = And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that He maintain the cause of His servant, and the cause of His people Israel, as every day shall require;
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	2	cc	_	_
2	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	wherewith	wherewith	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
8	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	acl:relcl	_	_
11	supplication	supplication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	before	before	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	cop	_	_
17	nigh	nigh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	acl	_	_
18	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
21	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	appos	_	_
23	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl:unmarked	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl:unmarked	_	_
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
27	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	29	mark	_	_
28	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
29	maintain	maintain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin	17	advcl	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obj	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	34	nmod:poss	_	_
34	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	_
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	conj	_	_
39	of	of	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	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	nmod	_	_
42	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	appos	_	_
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
44	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	48	mark	_	_
45	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	46	det	_	_
46	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	nsubj	_	_
47	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	48	aux	_	_
48	require	require	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	advcl	_	_
49	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: command
- 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 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | my words |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | present · perfect | I | supplication |  |  | before the LORD | wherewith *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent supplication=Product |
| 3 | **is** | infinitive | my words *not said here* |  |  |  | day; night | unto the LORD; nigh *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **maintain** | present | LORD | the cause of LORD's servant and the cause of LORD's people |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent cause=Theme |
| 5 | **require** | shall | every day |  |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **word** |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 7 | **cause** |  |  | LORD's servant |  |  |  |  | nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient |
| 8 | **cause** |  |  | LORD's people |  |  |  |  | nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient |

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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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וְיִֽהְי֨וּ דְבָרַ֜י אֵ֗לֶּה אֲשֶׁ֤ר הִתְחַנַּ֙נְתִּי֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה קְרֹבִ֛ים אֶל־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ יוֹמָ֣ם וָלָ֑יְלָה לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת ׀ מִשְׁפַּ֣ט עַבְדּ֗וֹ וּמִשְׁפַּ֛ט עַמּ֥וֹ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל דְּבַר־י֥וֹם בְּיוֹמֽוֹ׃

[1 Kings 8:59: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.8.59/)

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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:341` of Mova's parse database.

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