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title: 1 Kings 12:32 (JPS 1917) — And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth… · tree and pragmatics
description: And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he went up unto the altar; so did he in Beth-el, to sacrifice unto the calves that he had made; and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places that he had made. Wh
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# 1 Kings 12:32 · JPS 1917

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And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he went up unto the altar; so did he in Beth-el, to sacrifice unto the calves that he had made; and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places that he had made.

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**Who acts:** Jeroboam, feast · **What happens:** ordain, be, go up, sacrifice, make, place · **To what, where:** feast, Judah, calves, priests, Beth el, high places

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This is 1 Kings 12:32 · 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 (Jeroboam, feast), 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:484
# text = And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he went up unto the altar; so did he in Beth-el, to sacrifice unto the calves that he had made; and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places that he had made.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	Jeroboam	Jeroboam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ordained	ordain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	eighth	eighth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	fifteenth	fifteenth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
19	like	like	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
23	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	26	nsubj	_	_
24	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	cop	_	_
25	in	in	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	Judah	Judah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	acl:relcl	_	_
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
29	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
30	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
31	up	up	ADV	RB	_	30	advmod	_	_
32	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	altar	altar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	_
35	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	37	punct	_	_
36	so	so	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	_
37	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
38	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
39	in	in	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
40	Beth	Beth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	compound	_	_
41	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	42	punct	_	_
42	el	el	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	_
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
44	to	to	PART	TO	_	45	mark	_	_
45	sacrifice	sacrifice	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	advcl	_	_
46	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	calves	calf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	45	obl	_	_
49	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	52	obj	_	_
50	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	52	nsubj	_	_
51	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	52	aux	_	_
52	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	48	acl:relcl	_	_
53	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	56	punct	_	_
54	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	_
55	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	nsubj	_	_
56	placed	place	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
57	in	in	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
58	Beth	Beth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	60	compound	_	_
59	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	60	punct	_	_
60	el	el	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obl	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
62	priests	priest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	56	obj	_	_
63	of	of	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
64	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	66	det	_	_
65	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	66	amod	_	_
66	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	62	nmod	_	_
67	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	70	obj	_	_
68	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	70	nsubj	_	_
69	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	70	aux	_	_
70	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	66	acl:relcl	_	_
71	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ordain** | past | Jeroboam | a feast |  |  | day; month | like the feast | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feast=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the feast |  |  | Judah |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go up** | past | Jeroboam |  |  |  |  | unto the altar | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 4 | **sacrifice** | to-infinitive | Jeroboam *not said here* |  |  |  |  | unto the calves | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **make** | past · perfect | Jeroboam | the calves |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Product |
| 6 | **place** | past | Jeroboam | the priests of the high places |  | Beth el |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent priest=Theme in el=Destination |
| 7 | **make** | past · perfect | Jeroboam | the high places |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Product |

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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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וַיַּ֣עַשׂ יָרָבְעָ֣ם ׀ חָ֡ג בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַשְּׁמִינִ֣י בַּחֲמִשָּֽׁה־עָשָׂר֩ י֨וֹם ׀ לַחֹ֜דֶשׁ כֶּחָ֣ג ׀ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בִּיהוּדָ֗ה וַיַּ֙עַל֙ עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ כֵּ֤ן עָשָׂה֙ בְּבֵֽית־אֵ֔לבֵֽית־אֵ֔ל לְזַבֵּ֖חַ לָעֲגָלִ֣ים אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֑ה וְהֶעֱמִיד֙ בְּבֵ֣ית אֵ֔ל בֵ֣ית אֵ֔ל אֶת־כֹּהֲנֵ֥י הַבָּמ֖וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָֽׂה׃

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1KI:484` of Mova's parse database.

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