--- title: 1 Kings 11:24 (JPS 1917) — And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a troop, when… · tree and pragmatics description: And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a troop, when David slew them of Zobah; and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus. 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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 (Pharaoh, David, men), 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:432 # text = And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a troop, when David slew them of Zobah; and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gathered gather VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 captain captain NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 xcomp _ _ 11 over over ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 troop troop NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 when when SCONJ WRB _ 17 mark _ _ 16 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 slew slay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Zobah Zobah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Damascus Damascus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 dwelt dwell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 30 therein therein ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 reigned reign VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Damascus Damascus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 36 . . 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 | **gather** | past | Pharaoh | men | | | | unto son | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme | | 2 | **become** | past | Pharaoh *not said here* | captain | | a troop | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **slay** | past | David | men *= man* | | | | of Zobah | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 4 | **go** | past | men *= man* | | | Damascus | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to damascus=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **dwell** | past | men *= man* *not said here* | | | | | therein *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **reign** | past | men *= man* *not said here* | | | Damascus | | | tree rules | 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} וַיִּקְבֹּ֤ץ עָלָיו֙ אֲנָשִׁ֔ים וַיְהִ֣י שַׂר־גְּד֔וּד בַּהֲרֹ֥ג דָּוִ֖ד אֹתָ֑ם וַיֵּלְכ֤וּ דַמֶּ֙שֶׂק֙ וַיֵּ֣שְׁבוּ בָ֔הּ וַֽיִּמְלְכ֖וּ בְּדַמָּֽשֶׂק׃ [1 Kings 11:24: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.11.24/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1KI:432` 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 11:23 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.431/) - next →: [1 Kings 11:25 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.433/) - ↑ back to [1 Kings 11:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.11.24/)