--- title: 1 Kings 13:3 (JPS 1917) — And he gave a sign the same day saying: 'This is the sign which the… · tree and pragmatics description: And he gave a sign the same day saying: 'This is the sign which the LORD hath spoken: Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.' Who acts: LORD, This. 1 Kings 13:3 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.488/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [1 Kings](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI/) / [chapter 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI/13/) / [13:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.13.3/) / JPS 1 # 1 Kings 13:3 · JPS 1917 And he gave a sign the same day saying: 'This is the sign which the LORD hath spoken: Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.' **Who acts:** LORD, This · **What happens:** give, say, be, speak, rent, pour out · **To what, where:** sign, altar, ashes · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Kings 13:3 · 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, This), 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:488 # text = And he gave a sign the same day saying: 'This is the sign which the LORD hath spoken: Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 9 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 10 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 11 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ _ 12 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 nsubj _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 ccomp _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 obj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 19 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 acl:relcl _ _ 21 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 22 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 28 discourse _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 26 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 rent rent VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 ashes ash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 upon upon ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 it it ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 poured pour VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ _ 40 out out ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 42 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert, polarity=none, voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | LORD | a sign | | | day | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | LORD *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | present | This | the sign | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | present · perfect | the LORD | the sign | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **rent** | shall · passive | | the altar | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **pour out** | shall · passive | | the ashes | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=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} וְנָתַן֩ בַּיּ֨וֹם הַה֤וּא מוֹפֵת֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר זֶ֣ה הַמּוֹפֵ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֖ר דִּבֶּ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה הִנֵּ֤ה הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ נִקְרָ֔ע וְנִשְׁפַּ֖ךְ הַדֶּ֥שֶׁן אֲשֶׁר־עָלָֽיו׃ [1 Kings 13:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.13.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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