--- title: 1 Kings 15:18 (JPS 1917) — Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the trea… · tree and pragmatics description: Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants; and king Asa sent them to Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Aram, that dwelt at Damas --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.573/) [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/) / [15:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.15.18/) / JPS 1 # 1 Kings 15:18 · JPS 1917 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants; and king Asa sent them to Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Aram, that dwelt at Damascus, saying: **Who acts:** Asa, king · **What happens:** take, leave, deliver, send, dwell, say · **To what, where:** silver, treasures, hand, Ben hadad, Damascus, house · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Kings 15:18 · 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 (Asa, king), 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:573 # text = Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants; and king Asa sent them to Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Aram, that dwelt at Damascus, saying: 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 Asa Asa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 det:predet _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl:relcl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 treasures treasure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 treasures treasure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 conj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 's 's PART POS _ 28 case _ _ 30 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 delivered deliver VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 into into ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ _ 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 44 Asa Asa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 flat _ _ 45 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 46 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 Ben Ben PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 compound _ _ 49 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 48 punct _ _ 50 hadad hadad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 appos _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 Tabrimmon Tabrimmon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 nmod _ _ 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 appos _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 Hezion Hezion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 nmod _ _ 61 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 62 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 appos _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 Aram Aram PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 nmod _ _ 65 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 66 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 67 nsubj _ _ 67 dwelt dwell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 acl:relcl _ _ 68 at at ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 Damascus Damascus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 67 obl _ _ 70 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 71 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 advcl _ _ 72 : : PUNCT : _ 45 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 | **take** | past | Asa | all silver and the gold | | | then | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent silver=Theme | | 2 | **leave** | past · passive | | all silver and the gold | | the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king's house | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in treasure=Location | | 3 | **deliver** | past | Asa *not said here* | silver | | the hand of king's servants | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 4 | **send** | past | king | silver | Ben hadad | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to hadad=Destination | | 5 | **dwell** | past | king of Aram | | | Damascus | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at damascus=Location | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | king *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **treasure** | | | the house of the LORD | | | | | nom treasure «possession transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **treasure** | | | the king's house | | | | | nom treasure «possession transitive»: of=patient | 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} וַיִּקַּ֣ח אָ֠סָא אֶת־כָּל־הַכֶּ֨סֶף וְהַזָּהָ֜ב הַֽנּוֹתָרִ֣ים ׀ בְּאוֹצְר֣וֹת בֵּית־יְהוָ֗ה וְאֶת־אֽוֹצְרוֹת֙ בֵּ֣ית הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖ם בְּיַד־עֲבָדָ֑יו וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֞ם הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אָסָ֗א אֶל־בֶּנ־֠הֲדַדבֶּנ־֠הֲדַד בֶּן־טַבְרִמֹּ֤ן בֶּן־חֶזְיוֹן֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אֲרָ֔ם הַיֹּשֵׁ֥ב בְּדַמֶּ֖שֶׂק לֵאמֹֽר׃ [1 Kings 15:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.15.18/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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