--- title: 1 Kings 15:5 (JPS 1917) — because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and… · tree and pragmatics description: because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that He commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. Who acts: David, Uriah. 1 Kings 15:5 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clau --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.559/) [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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI/15/) / [15:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.15.5/) / JPS 1 # 1 Kings 15:5 · JPS 1917 because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that He commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. **Who acts:** David, Uriah · **What happens:** do, be, not turn, command, matter · **To what, where:** matter, eyes, thing, LORD · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Kings 15:5 · 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 (David, Uriah), 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:559 # text = because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that He commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. 1 because because SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 acl:relcl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 18 aside aside ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 19 from from ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 21 det _ _ 21 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 22 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 obj _ _ 23 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 iobj _ _ 26 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 28 det:predet _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl:unmarked _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 save save ADP IN _ 3 advcl _ _ 34 only only ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 Uriah Uriah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 Hittite Hittite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 appos _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | David | | | the matter of Uriah | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | the eyes of the LORD | | right *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **turn** | past | David *not said here* | | | any thing | | aside *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from thing=Trajectory | | 4 | **command** | past | David | any thing | LORD | | day | | tree rules | | 5 | **matter** | | Uriah | | | | | | nom matter «cognition intransitive»: of=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} אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשָׂ֥ה דָוִ֛ד אֶת־הַיָּשָׁ֖ר בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וְלֹֽא־סָ֞ר מִכֹּ֣ל אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֗הוּ כֹּ֚ל יְמֵ֣י חַיָּ֔יו רַ֕ק בִּדְבַ֖ר אוּרִיָּ֥ה הַחִתִּֽי׃ [1 Kings 15:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.15.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1KI:559` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [1 Kings 15:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.558/) - next →: [1 Kings 15:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.560/) - ↑ back to [1 Kings 15:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.15.5/)