--- title: 1 Kings 10:12 (JPS 1917) — And the king made of the sandal-wood pillars for the house of the LO… · tree and pragmatics description: And the king made of the sandal-wood pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for the singers; there came no such sandal-wood, nor was seen, unto this day. 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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 (king, such sandal wood), 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:390 # text = And the king made of the sandal-wood pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for the singers; there came no such sandal-wood, nor was seen, unto this day. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 7 sandal sandal NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ _ 9 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 pillars pillar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 's 's PART POS _ 21 case _ _ 23 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 harps harp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ _ 26 also also ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 psalteries psaltery NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 conj _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 singers singer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ _ 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 33 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 34 expl _ _ 34 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 35 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 39 det _ _ 36 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 37 sandal sandal NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ _ 39 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 43 cc _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 conj _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 unto unto ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 47 det _ _ 47 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | the king | | | | | of the wood pillars for the house of the LORD and harps for the king's house and psalteries for the singers | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **come** | past | no such sandal wood | | | there | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past · passive | no such sandal wood *not said here* | | | | day | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» | 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} וַיַּ֣עַשׂ הַ֠מֶּלֶךְ אֶת־עֲצֵ֨י הָאַלְמֻגִּ֜ים מִסְעָ֤ד לְבֵית־יְהוָה֙ וּלְבֵ֣ית הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְכִנֹּר֥וֹת וּנְבָלִ֖ים לַשָּׁרִ֑ים לֹ֣א בָֽא־כֵ֞ן עֲצֵ֤י אַלְמֻגִּים֙ וְלֹ֣א נִרְאָ֔ה עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃ [1 Kings 10:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.10.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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