--- title: 1 Kings 13:28 (JPS 1917) — And he went and found his carcass cast in the way, and the ass and t… · tree and pragmatics description: And he went and found his carcass cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcass; the lion had not eaten the carcass, nor torn the ass. Who acts: prophet, ass, lion. 1 Kings 13:28 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.513/) [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/) / [13:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.13.28/) / JPS 1 # 1 Kings 13:28 · JPS 1917 And he went and found his carcass cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcass; the lion had not eaten the carcass, nor torn the ass. **Who acts:** prophet, ass, lion · **What happens:** go, find, cast, stand, not eat, tear · **To what, where:** carcass, way, ass This is 1 Kings 13:28 · 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 (prophet, ass, lion), 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:513 # text = And he went and found his carcass cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcass; the lion had not eaten the carcass, nor torn the ass. 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 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 carcass carcass NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 cast cast VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 ass ass NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 19 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 acl _ _ 20 by by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 carcass carcass NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 carcass carcass NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 33 cc _ _ 33 torn tear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 ass ass NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | prophet | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **find** | past | prophet *not said here* | prophet's carcass and the ass and the lion | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carcass=Topic | | 3 | **cast** | participle | | prophet's carcass and the ass and the lion *not said here* | | the way | | | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent in way=Destination | | 4 | **stand** | gerund | the ass and the lion *not said here* | | | | | by the carcass | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by carcass=Location | | 5 | **not** **eat** | past · perfect | the lion | the carcass | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carcass=Patient | | 6 | **tear** | participle | the lion *not said here* | the ass | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location ass=Theme | 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} וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ וַיִּמְצָ֤א אֶת־נִבְלָתוֹ֙ מֻשְׁלֶ֣כֶת בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְ וַֽחֲמוֹר֙ וְהָ֣אַרְיֵ֔ה עֹמְדִ֖ים אֵ֣צֶל הַנְּבֵלָ֑ה לֹֽא־אָכַ֤ל הָֽאַרְיֵה֙ אֶת־הַנְּבֵלָ֔ה וְלֹ֥א שָׁבַ֖ר אֶֽת־הַחֲמֽוֹר׃ [1 Kings 13:28: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.13.28/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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