--- title: 1 Kings 14:8 (JPS 1917) — and rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee;… · tree and pragmatics description: and rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee; and yet thou hast not been as My servant David, who kept My commandments, and who followed Me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in Mine eyes; Who acts: you, thou, servant, My. 1 Kings 14:8 in JPS 1917 with its dep --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.528/) [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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI/14/) / [14:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.14.8/) / JPS 1 # 1 Kings 14:8 · JPS 1917 and rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee; and yet thou hast not been as My servant David, who kept My commandments, and who followed Me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in Mine eyes; **Who acts:** you, thou, servant, My · **What happens:** rent away, give, not be, keep, follow, do · **To what, where:** kingdom, house, thee, commandments, Me, that · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Kings 14:8 · 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 (you, thou, servant, My), 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:528 # text = and rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee; and yet thou hast not been as My servant David, who kept My commandments, and who followed Me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in Mine eyes; 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 rent rent VERB VB Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 iobj _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 18 yet yet ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 19 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nsubj _ _ 20 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 22 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 cop _ _ 23 as as ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 26 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 appos _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 29 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 30 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 commandments commandment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 35 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 36 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 40 det:predet _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 44 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 43 obj _ _ 45 only only ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 46 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 48 nsubj _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 48 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 acl:relcl _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 Mine mine PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ _ 52 ; ; PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=decl, act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rent away** | imperative | you *not said here* | the kingdom | | the house of David | | away *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme from house=Source | | 2 | **give** | past | you *not said here* | kingdom | thee | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient it=Theme | | 3 | **not** **is** | present · perfect | thou | | | | yet | as My servant | tree rules | | 4 | **keep** | past | My servant | My commandments | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent commandment=Theme | | 5 | **follow** | past | | Me | | | | with David's heart | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 6 | **do** | to-infinitive | | that | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 7 | **is** | past | | | | Mine eyes | | right *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **command** | | My | | | | | | nom commandment «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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} וָאֶקְרַ֤ע אֶת־הַמַּמְלָכָה֙ מִבֵּ֣ית דָּוִ֔ד וָאֶתְּנֶ֖הָ לָ֑ךְ וְלֹֽא־הָיִ֜יתָ כְּעַבְדִּ֣י דָוִ֗ד אֲשֶׁר֩ שָׁמַ֨ר מִצְוֺתַ֜י וַאֲשֶׁר־הָלַ֤ךְ אַחֲרַי֙ בְּכָל־לְבָב֔וֹ לַעֲשׂ֕וֹת רַ֖ק הַיָּשָׁ֥ר בְּעֵינָֽי׃ [1 Kings 14:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.14.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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