--- title: 1 Kings 12:27 (JPS 1917) — If this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at… · tree and pragmatics description: If this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then will the heart of this people turn back unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah; and they will kill me, and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.' 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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 (people, heart), 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:479 # text = If this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then will the heart of this people turn back unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah; and they will kill me, and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.' 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 5 up up ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 8 sacrifices sacrifice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 18 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 19 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 24 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ _ 25 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 26 back back ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 unto unto ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 even even ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 32 unto unto ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 Rehoboam Rehoboam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 appos _ _ 34 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 flat _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 42 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 Rehoboam Rehoboam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ 52 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go up** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | this people | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **offer** | to-infinitive | this people *not said here* | sacrifices | | the house of the LORD at Jerusalem | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent sacrifice=Theme | | 3 | **turn back** | future | the heart of this people | | | | then | unto people's lord | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **kill** | future | people | me | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 5 | **return** | infinitive | people *not said here* | | | | | to Rehoboam king of Judah *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to king=Result | 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} אִֽם־יַעֲלֶ֣ה ׀ הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֗ה לַעֲשׂ֨וֹת זְבָחִ֤ים בְּבֵית־יְהוָה֙ בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וְ֠שָׁב לֵ֣ב הָעָ֤ם הַזֶּה֙ אֶל־אֲדֹ֣נֵיהֶ֔ם אֶל־רְחַבְעָ֖ם מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה וַהֲרָגֻ֕נִי וְשָׁ֖בוּ אֶל־רְחַבְעָ֥ם מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָֽה׃ [1 Kings 12:27: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.12.27/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1KI:479` 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 12:26 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.478/) - next →: [1 Kings 12:28 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.480/) - ↑ back to [1 Kings 12:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.12.27/)