--- title: 1 Kings 11:27 (JPS 1917) — And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king:… · tree and pragmatics description: And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breach of the city of David his father. 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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 (this, Solomon), 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:435 # text = And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breach of the city of David his father. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 against against ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 15 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 16 Solomon Solomon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 built build VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 18 Millo Millo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 repaired repair VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 breach breach NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 appos _ _ 31 . . PUNCT . _ 5 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 | **is a** | past | this | the cause | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **lift up** | past | Solomon | Solomon's hand | | | | against the king | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme against king=Destination | | 3 | **build** | past | Solomon | Millo | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent millo=Product | | 4 | **repair** | past | Solomon *not said here* | the breach of the city of David | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent breach=Patient | | 5 | **breach** | | | the city of David | | | | | nom breach «act transitive»: of=patient | 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} וְזֶ֣ה הַדָּבָ֔ר אֲשֶׁר־הֵרִ֥ים יָ֖ד בַּמֶּ֑לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה֙ בָּנָ֣ה אֶת־הַמִּלּ֔וֹא סָגַ֕ר אֶת־פֶּ֕רֶץ עִ֖יר דָּוִ֥ד אָבִֽיו׃ [1 Kings 11:27: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.11.27/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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