--- title: 1 Kings 1:51 (JPS 1917) — And it was told Solomon, saying: 'Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solo… · tree and pragmatics description: And it was told Solomon, saying: 'Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon; for, lo, he hath laid hold on the horns of the altar, saying: Let king Solomon swear unto me first of all that he will not slay his servant with the sword.' 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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 (Adonijah, king Solomon), 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:54 # text = And it was told Solomon, saying: 'Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon; for, lo, he hath laid hold on the horns of the altar, saying: Let king Solomon swear unto me first of all that he will not slay his servant with the sword.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 Solomon Solomon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 iobj _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 8 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 9 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ _ 10 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 13 discourse _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 Adonijah Adonijah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 feareth fear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 14 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 Solomon Solomon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 17 for for SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 lo lo INTJ UH _ 23 discourse _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 24 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 horns horn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 33 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 34 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 ccomp _ _ 35 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 Solomon Solomon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 swear swear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 38 unto unto ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 40 first first ADV RB Degree=Pos 37 advmod _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 all all PRON DT PronType=Tot 40 obl _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 45 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 47 slay slay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 ccomp _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 with with ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 53 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 54 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=narrate | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | hold | Solomon | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient solomon=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **fear** | present | Adonijah | king Solomon | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer solomon=Stimulus | | 4 | **lay** | present · perfect | Adonijah | hold | | the horns of the altar | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hold=Theme on horn=Destination | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Adonijah *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **let** | infinitive | | king Solomon | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **swear** | infinitive | king Solomon *not said here* | | | | | unto me; first *property* | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 8 | **not** **slay** | future | Adonijah | Adonijah's servant | | | | with the sword | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent servant=Patient with sword=Instrument | 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} וַיֻּגַּ֤ד לִשְׁלֹמֹה֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר הִנֵּה֙ אֲדֹ֣נִיָּ֔הוּ יָרֵ֖א אֶת־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה וְ֠הִנֵּה אָחַ֞ז בְּקַרְנ֤וֹת הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר יִשָּֽׁבַֽע־לִ֤י כַיּוֹם֙ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה אִם־יָמִ֥ית אֶת־עַבְדּ֖וֹ בֶּחָֽרֶב׃ [1 Kings 1:51: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.1.51/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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