--- title: 1 Kings 12:24 (JPS 1917) — Thus saith the LORD: Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your bret… · tree and pragmatics description: Thus saith the LORD: Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel; return every man to his house; for this thing is of Me.' So they hearkened unto the word of the LORD, and returned and went their way, according to the word of the LORD. 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So they hearkened unto the word of the LORD, and returned and went their way, according to the word of the LORD. **Who acts:** LORD, Ye, thing, men · **What happens:** say, not go up, fight, return, be, hearken · **To what, where:** man, house, way, LORD · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Kings 12:24 · 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 (LORD, Ye, thing, 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:476 # text = Thus saith the LORD: Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel; return every man to his house; for this thing is of Me.' So they hearkened unto the word of the LORD, and returned and went their way, according to the word of the LORD. 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 6 Ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 nsubj _ _ 7 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 10 up up ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 13 cc _ _ 13 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 14 against against ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 brethren brethren NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 appos _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 22 return return VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 23 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 24 det _ _ 24 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 29 for for SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 30 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 det _ _ 31 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 parataxis _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 36 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 37 So so ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 hearkened hearken VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 40 unto unto ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 conj _ _ 51 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 53 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 54 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 57 case _ _ 55 to to ADP IN _ 54 fixed _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 nmod _ _ 61 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **go up** | shall | Ye | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 3 | **fight** | infinitive | Ye *not said here* | | | | | against your brethren | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **return** | infinitive | | every man | | LORD's house | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent man=Theme to house=Destination | | 5 | **is** | present | this thing | | | | | of Me | tree rules | | 6 | **hearken** | past | men *= man* | | | | | unto the word of the LORD | tree rules | | 7 | **return** | past | men *= man* *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **go** | past | men *= man* *not said here* | men's way | | | | accord the word of the LORD | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme | | 9 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **word** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 11 | **word** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom word «communication 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} כֹּ֣ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֡ה לֹֽא־תַעֲלוּ֩ וְלֹא־תִלָּ֨חֲמ֜וּן עִם־אֲחֵיכֶ֣ם בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל שׁ֚וּבוּ אִ֣ישׁ לְבֵית֔וֹ כִּ֧י מֵאִתִּ֛י נִהְיָ֖ה הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ֙ אֶת־דְּבַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה וַיָּשֻׁ֥בוּ לָלֶ֖כֶת כִּדְבַ֥ר יְהוָֽה׃ס [1 Kings 12:24: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.12.24/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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