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title: 1 Kings 13:4 (JPS 1917) — And it came to pass, when the king heard the saying of the man of Go… · tree and pragmatics
description: And it came to pass, when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Beth-el, that Jeroboam put forth his hand from the altar, saying: 'Lay hold on him.' And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back to him. Who acts: 
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# 1 Kings 13:4 · JPS 1917

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And it came to pass, when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Beth-el, that Jeroboam put forth his hand from the altar, saying: 'Lay hold on him.' And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back to him.

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**Who acts:** altar, king, Jeroboam, hand · **What happens:** come, pass, hear, cry, put, say · **To what, where:** saying, God, hand, altar, hold, man · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is 1 Kings 13:4 · 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 (altar, king, Jeroboam, hand), 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:489
# text = And it came to pass, when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Beth-el, that Jeroboam put forth his hand from the altar, saying: 'Lay hold on him.' And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back to him.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	saying	saying	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	21	obj	_	_
20	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	acl:relcl	_	_
22	against	against	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	altar	altar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
25	in	in	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
26	Beth	Beth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	compound	_	_
27	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	28	punct	_	_
28	el	El	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	_
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
30	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	32	mark	_	_
31	Jeroboam	Jeroboam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	nsubj	_	_
32	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
33	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
34	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	35	nmod:poss	_	_
35	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	_
36	from	from	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	altar	altar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	_
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
40	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	32	advcl	_	_
41	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	43	punct	_	_
42	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	43	punct	_	_
43	Lay	lay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	40	ccomp	_	_
44	hold	hold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obj	_	_
45	on	on	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
46	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	obl	_	_
47	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	43	punct	_	_
48	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	43	punct	_	_
49	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	60	cc	_	_
50	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	51	nmod:poss	_	_
51	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	nsubj	_	_
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
53	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	55	obj	_	_
54	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	55	nsubj	_	_
55	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	51	acl:relcl	_	_
56	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	55	advmod	_	_
57	against	against	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
58	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	55	obl	_	_
59	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
60	dried	dry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
61	up	up	ADP	RP	_	60	compound:prt	_	_
62	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	68	punct	_	_
63	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	68	mark	_	_
64	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	63	fixed	_	_
65	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	68	nsubj	_	_
66	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	68	aux	_	_
67	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	68	advmod	_	_
68	draw	draw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	60	advcl	_	_
69	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	68	obj	_	_
70	back	back	ADV	RB	_	68	advmod	_	_
71	to	to	ADP	IN	_	72	case	_	_
72	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	68	obl	_	_
73	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | altar |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | altar *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **hear** | past | the king | the saying of the man of God |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer saying=Stimulus |
| 4 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | king | God |  |  |  | against the altar in Beth el | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Topic |
| 5 | **put** | past | Jeroboam | Jeroboam's hand |  | the altar |  | forth *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent hand=Goal |
| 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Jeroboam *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 7 | **lay** | infinitive |  | hold |  |  |  | on Jeroboam | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hold=Theme on he=Destination |
| 8 | **put** | past | Jeroboam | Jeroboam's hand |  |  |  | against hand; forth *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent which=Theme against he=Destination |
| 9 | **dry up** | past | Jeroboam's hand |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 10 | **not** **draw back** | could | Jeroboam | altar | hand |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to he=Destination |
| 11 | **say** |  |  | the man of God |  |  |  |  | nom saying «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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וַיְהִי֩ כִשְׁמֹ֨עַ הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ אֶת־דְּבַ֣ר אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר קָרָ֤א עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ בְּבֵֽית־אֵ֔לבֵֽית־אֵ֔ל וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח יָרָבְעָ֧ם אֶת־יָד֛וֹ מֵעַ֥ל הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ לֵאמֹ֣ר ׀ תִּפְשֻׂ֑הוּ וַתִּיבַ֤שׁ יָדוֹ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׁלַ֣ח עָלָ֔יו וְלֹ֥א יָכֹ֖ל לַהֲשִׁיבָ֥הּ אֵלָֽיו׃

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