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title: 1 Kings 11:38 (JPS 1917) — And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee,… · tree and pragmatics
description: And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in My ways, and do that which is right in Mine eyes, to keep My statutes and My commandments, as David My servant did, that I will be with thee, and will build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Isr
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# 1 Kings 11:38 · JPS 1917

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And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in My ways, and do that which is right in Mine eyes, to keep My statutes and My commandments, as David My servant did, that I will be with thee, and will build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.

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**Who acts:** thou, I, David, My · **What happens:** hearken, command, walk, do, be, keep · **To what, where:** thee, ways, that, eyes, statutes, sure house · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is 1 Kings 11:38 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (thou, I, David, My), 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:446
# text = And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in My ways, and do that which is right in Mine eyes, to keep My statutes and My commandments, as David My servant did, that I will be with thee, and will build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	9	nsubj	_	_
8	wilt	will	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	hearken	hearken	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
10	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	obl	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obj	_	_
13	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	command	command	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
15	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	14	obj	_	_
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	wilt	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	ways	way	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	_
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	conj	_	_
26	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	25	obj	_	_
27	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	29	nsubj	_	_
28	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	29	cop	_	_
29	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	acl:relcl	_	_
30	in	in	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	Mine	mine	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	32	nmod:poss	_	_
32	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	obl	_	_
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
34	to	to	PART	TO	_	35	mark	_	_
35	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	25	advcl	_	_
36	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	_	_
37	statutes	statute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	obj	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
39	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	40	nmod:poss	_	_
40	commandments	commandment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	conj	_	_
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
42	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	46	mark	_	_
43	David	David	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	nsubj	_	_
44	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	45	nmod:poss	_	_
45	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	appos	_	_
46	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	advcl	_	_
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
48	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	57	mark	_	_
49	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	53	nsubj	_	_
50	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	53	aux	_	_
51	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	53	cop	_	_
52	with	with	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
53	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	46	obl	_	_
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
55	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
56	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	57	aux	_	_
57	build	build	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
58	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	57	iobj	_	_
59	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
60	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	61	amod	_	_
61	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obj	_	_
62	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	65	punct	_	_
63	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	65	mark	_	_
64	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	65	nsubj	_	_
65	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	57	advcl	_	_
66	for	for	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
67	David	David	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	65	obl	_	_
68	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	71	punct	_	_
69	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	71	cc	_	_
70	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	71	aux	_	_
71	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	65	conj	_	_
72	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	71	obj	_	_
73	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	74	case	_	_
74	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	71	obl	_	_
75	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed act=assert

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hearken** | future | thou |  |  |  |  | unto all | tree rules |
| 2 | **command** | present | I | thee |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **walk** | future | thou *not said here* |  |  | My ways |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in way=Trajectory |
| 4 | **do** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | that |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality |
| 5 | **is** | present |  |  |  | Mine eyes |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **keep** | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* | My statutes and My commandments |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statute=Theme |
| 7 | **do** | past | David |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **is** | future | I |  |  |  |  | with thee | tree rules |
| 9 | **build** | future |  | a sure house | thee |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset thou=Beneficiary house=Product |
| 10 | **build** | past | I |  |  |  |  | for David | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for david=Beneficiary |
| 11 | **give** | future | I *not said here* | Israel |  |  |  | unto thee | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent israel=Theme |
| 12 | **command** |  | My |  |  |  |  |  | nom commandment «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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}

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וְהָיָ֗ה אִם־תִּשְׁמַע֮ אֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲצַוֶּךָ֒ וְהָלַכְתָּ֣ בִדְרָכַ֗י וְעָשִׂ֨יתָ הַיָּשָׁ֤ר בְּעֵינַי֙ לִשְׁמ֤וֹר חֻקּוֹתַי֙ וּמִצְוֺתַ֔י כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָׂ֖ה דָּוִ֣ד עַבְדִּ֑י וְהָיִ֣יתִי עִמָּ֗ךְ וּבָנִ֨יתִי לְךָ֤ בַֽיִת־נֶאֱמָן֙ כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּנִ֣יתִי לְדָוִ֔ד וְנָתַתִּ֥י לְךָ֖ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

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