--- title: 1 Kings 11:18 (JPS 1917) — And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran; and they took men w… · tree and pragmatics description: And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran; and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave him a house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land. 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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 (children, Pharaoh king), 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:426 # text = And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran; and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave him a house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 arose arise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Midian Midian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Paran Paran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ _ 19 out out ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Paran Paran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 unto unto ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 Pharaoh Pharaoh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 iobj _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 appointed appoint VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 iobj _ _ 44 victuals victual NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 iobj _ _ 49 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arise** | past | children *= child* | | | Midian | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out midian=Location | | 2 | **come** | past | children *= child* *not said here* | | | Paran | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to paran=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **take** | past | children *= child* | men | | Paran | | with men *= man* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent man=Theme out paran=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **come** | past | children *= child* | | | Egypt | | unto Pharaoh king of Egypt | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to egypt=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **give** | past | Pharaoh king of Egypt | a house | Egypt | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient house=Theme | | 6 | **appoint** | past | Pharaoh king of Egypt *not said here* | victuals | Egypt | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme victual=Attribute | | 7 | **give** | past | Pharaoh king of Egypt *not said here* | land | Egypt | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient land=Theme | 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} וַיָּקֻ֙מוּ֙ מִמִּדְיָ֔ן וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ פָּארָ֑ן וַיִּקְחוּ֩ אֲנָשִׁ֨ים עִמָּ֜ם מִפָּארָ֗ן וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֣ה מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרַ֔יִם וַיִּתֶּן־ל֣וֹ בַ֗יִת וְלֶ֙חֶם֙ אָ֣מַר ל֔וֹ וְאֶ֖רֶץ נָ֥תַן לֽוֹ׃ [1 Kings 11:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.11.18/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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