--- title: 1 Kings 10:9 (JPS 1917) — Blessed be the LORD thy God, who delighted in thee, to set thee on t… · tree and pragmatics description: Blessed be the LORD thy God, who delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel; because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made He thee king, to do justice and righteousness.' 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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 (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:387 # text = Blessed be the LORD thy God, who delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel; because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made He thee king, to do justice and righteousness.' 1 Blessed bless VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 1 aux:pass _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 delighted delight VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 obl _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 15 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 obj _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 22 because because SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 26 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 ever ever ADV RB _ 25 obl _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 32 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 33 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 iobj _ _ 34 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 xcomp _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 38 justice justice NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 righteousness righteousness NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ 42 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: other - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=other, indirect=0 | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bless** | infinitive · passive | | the LORD | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **delight** | past | the LORD | | | thee | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **set** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | thee | | the throne of Israel | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme on throne=Destination | | 4 | **love** | past | the LORD | Israel | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer israel=Stimulus for ever=Attribute | | 5 | **make** | past | LORD | king | thee | | | therefore *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Product | | 6 | **do** | to-infinitive | LORD *not said here* | justice and righteousness | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent justice=Eventuality | 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} יְהִ֨י יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ בָּר֔וּךְ אֲשֶׁר֙ חָפֵ֣ץ בְּךָ֔ לְתִתְּךָ֖ עַל־כִּסֵּ֣א יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל בְּאַהֲבַ֨ת יְהוָ֤ה אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לְעֹלָ֔ם וַיְשִֽׂימְךָ֣ לְמֶ֔לֶךְ לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת מִשְׁפָּ֖ט וּצְדָקָֽה׃ [1 Kings 10:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.10.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1KI:387` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [1 Kings 10:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.386/) - next →: [1 Kings 10:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.388/) - ↑ back to [1 Kings 10:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.10.9/)