--- title: 1 Kings 13:12 (JPS 1917) — And their father said unto them: 'What way went he?' For his sons ha… · tree and pragmatics description: And their father said unto them: 'What way went he?' For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, that came from Judah. 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For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, that came from Judah. **Who acts:** father, sons, man · **What happens:** say, go, see, come · **To what, where:** way, Judah · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Kings 13:12 · 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 (father, sons, man), 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:497 # text = And their father said unto them: 'What way went he?' For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, that came from Judah. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ _ 9 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 10 det _ _ 10 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl:unmarked _ _ 11 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ 14 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 15 For for SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 20 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 21 det _ _ 21 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl:unmarked _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 ccomp _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 29 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 30 from from ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | bones's father | | | | | unto bones *= bone* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** | past | father | what way | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past · perfect | father's sons | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **go** | past | the man of God | what way | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **come** | past | the man of God | | | Judah | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from judah=Initial\_Location | 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} וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר אֲלֵהֶם֙ אֲבִיהֶ֔ם אֵֽי־זֶ֥ה הַדֶּ֖רֶךְ הָלָ֑ךְ וַיִּרְא֣וּ בָנָ֗יו אֶת־הַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר הָלַךְ֙ אִ֣ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֖א מִיהוּדָֽה׃ [1 Kings 13:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.13.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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