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title: 1 Kings 1:47 (JPS 1917) — And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David,… · tree and pragmatics
description: And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying: God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne; and the king bowed down upon the bed. Who acts: servants, God, king, thy. 1 Kings 1:47 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and 
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# 1 Kings 1:47 · JPS 1917

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And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying: God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne; and the king bowed down upon the bed.

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**Who acts:** servants, God, king, thy · **What happens:** come, bless, say, make, bow down, name · **To what, where:** lord king, name, throne, bed, Solomon · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is 1 Kings 1:47 · 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 (servants, God, king, thy), 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:50
# text = And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying: God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne; and the king bowed down upon the bed.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
2	moreover	moreover	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	bless	bless	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
10	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	lord	lord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	David	David	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	_
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
16	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
17	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
18	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	ccomp	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	Solomon	Solomon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
23	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	18	xcomp	_	_
24	than	than	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
29	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	conj	_	_
30	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	31	nmod:poss	_	_
31	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obj	_	_
32	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	29	xcomp	_	_
33	than	than	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	35	nmod:poss	_	_
35	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	_
36	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	40	punct	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	nsubj	_	_
40	bowed	bow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
41	down	down	ADV	RB	_	40	advmod	_	_
42	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obl	_	_
45	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: pos
- teacher: changed voice=narrator

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | the king's servants |  |  |  |  | moreover *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **bless** | to-infinitive | the king's servants *not said here* | our lord king |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the king's servants *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **make** | infinitive | God | the name of Solomon |  |  |  | good *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Product |
| 5 | **make** | infinitive | God *not said here* | Solomon's throne |  |  |  | great *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset throne=Product |
| 6 | **bow down** | past | the king |  |  | the bed |  | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon bed=Location |
| 7 | **name** |  |  | Solomon |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 8 | **name** |  | thy |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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וְגַם־בָּ֜אוּ עַבְדֵ֣י הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ לְ֠בָרֵךְ אֶת־אֲדֹנֵ֜ינוּ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ דָּוִד֮ לֵאמֹר֒ יֵיטֵ֨ב אֱלֹהִ֜ים אֶת־שֵׁ֤ם שְׁלֹמֹה֙ מִשְּׁמֶ֔ךָ וִֽיגַדֵּ֥ל אֶת־כִּסְא֖וֹ מִכִּסְאֶ֑ךָ וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ עַל־הַמִּשְׁכָּֽב׃

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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:50` of Mova's parse database.

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