--- title: 1 Kings 12:16 (JPS 1917) — And when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the p… · tree and pragmatics description: And when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying: 'What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse; to your tents, O Israel; now see to thine own house, David.' So Israel departed unto their tents. 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So Israel departed unto their tents. **Who acts:** Israel, king, people, we · **What happens:** see, not hearken, answer, say, have, depart · **To what, where:** king, portion, David, inheritance · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Kings 12:16 · 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 (Israel, king, people, we), 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:467 # text = And when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying: 'What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse; to your tents, O Israel; now see to thine own house, David.' So Israel departed unto their tents. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 hearkened hearken VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 11 unto unto ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 16 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 21 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 22 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ _ 23 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 24 det _ _ 24 portion portion NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 25 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ _ 26 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 ? ? PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ 30 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 31 cc _ _ 31 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ _ 32 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 33 inheritance inheritance NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Jesse Jesse PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 tents tent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 parataxis _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 O o INTJ UH _ 45 discourse _ _ 45 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 vocative _ _ 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 47 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 48 advmod _ _ 48 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 52 nmod:poss _ _ 51 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 53 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 54 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 vocative _ _ 55 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ 56 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ 57 So so ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 58 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ _ 59 departed depart VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 60 unto unto ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 62 tents tent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 obl _ _ 63 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=decl, act=narrate, polarity=none, voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | all Israel | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **not** **hearken** | past | the king | | | | | unto people | tree rules | | 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the people | | the king | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent king=Eventuality | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the people *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **have** | present | we | what portion | | David | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent portion=Patient | | 6 | **have** | present | we | inheritance | | | | in the son of Jesse | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inheritance=Patient | | 7 | **see** | infinitive | | | | | now | to thine own house; David *vocative* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **depart** | past | Israel | | | | | unto people's tents | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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} וַיַּ֣רְא כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל כִּ֠י לֹֽא־שָׁמַ֣ע הַמֶּלֶךְ֮ אֲלֵיהֶם֒ וַיָּשִׁ֣בוּ הָעָ֣ם אֶת־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ דָּבָ֣ר ׀ לֵאמֹ֡ר מַה־לָּנוּ֩ חֵ֨לֶק בְּדָוִ֜ד וְלֹֽא־נַחֲלָ֣ה בְּבֶן־יִשַׁ֗י לְאֹהָלֶ֙יךָ֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל עַתָּ֕ה רְאֵ֥ה בֵיתְךָ֖ דָּוִ֑ד וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְאֹהָלָֽיו׃ [1 Kings 12:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.12.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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