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title: 1 Kings 2:3 (JPS 1917) — and keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in His ways, to kee… · tree and pragmatics
description: and keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, and His commandments, and His ordinances, and His testimonies, according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself; Who acts
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# 1 Kings 2:3 · JPS 1917

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and keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, and His commandments, and His ordinances, and His testimonies, according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself;

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**Who acts:** you, thou, God · **What happens:** keep, walk, accord, write, prosper, do · **To what, where:** charge, ways, statutes, law, all, thyself · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is 1 Kings 2:3 · 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, God), 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:60
# text = and keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, and His commandments, and His ordinances, and His testimonies, according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself;
1	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	2	cc	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	charge	charge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	ways	way	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	conj	_	_
19	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	statutes	statute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obj	_	_
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
23	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
24	commandments	commandment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	conj	_	_
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
27	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
28	ordinances	ordinance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	conj	_	_
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
31	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	32	nmod:poss	_	_
32	testimonies	testimony	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	conj	_	_
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
34	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	36	case	_	_
35	to	to	ADP	IN	_	34	fixed	_	_
36	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	20	nmod	_	_
37	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	39	nsubj:pass	_	_
38	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	39	aux:pass	_	_
39	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	36	acl:relcl	_	_
40	in	in	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	Moses	Moses	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	nmod	_	_
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
46	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	49	mark	_	_
47	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	49	nsubj	_	_
48	mayest	may	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	49	aux	_	_
49	prosper	prosper	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	advcl	_	_
50	in	in	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	49	obl	_	_
52	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	54	obj	_	_
53	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	54	nsubj	_	_
54	doest	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	51	acl:relcl	_	_
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
56	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
57	whithersoever	whithersoever	ADV	WRB	_	59	advmod	_	_
58	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	59	nsubj	_	_
59	turnest	turn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	49	conj	_	_
60	thyself	thyself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes|Style=Arch	59	obj	_	_
61	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: command
- act: request
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | the charge of the LORD |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charge=Theme |
| 2 | **walk** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | God's ways |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in way=Trajectory |
| 3 | **keep** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | God's statutes and God's commandments and God's ordinances and God's testimonies |  |  |  | accord that | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statute=Theme |
| 4 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **write** | present · passive |  |  |  | the law of Moses |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in law=Destination |
| 6 | **prosper** | may | thou |  |  | all |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in all=Location |
| 7 | **do** | present | thou |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality |
| 8 | **turn** | present | thou | thyself |  |  |  | whithersoever *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent thyself=Theme |
| 9 | **charge** |  |  | the LORD |  |  |  |  | nom charge «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 10 | **command** |  | God |  |  |  |  |  | nom commandment «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 11 | **ordain** |  | God |  |  |  |  |  | nom ordinance «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 12 | **testify** |  | God |  |  |  |  |  | nom testimony «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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}

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וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֞ אֶת־מִשְׁמֶ֣רֶת ׀ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ לָלֶ֤כֶת בִּדְרָכָיו֙ לִשְׁמֹ֨ר חֻקֹּתָ֤יו מִצְוֺתָיו֙ וּמִשְׁפָּטָ֣יו וְעֵדְוֺתָ֔יו כַּכָּת֖וּב בְּתוֹרַ֣ת מֹשֶׁ֑ה לְמַ֣עַן תַּשְׂכִּ֗יל אֵ֚ת כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר תַּֽעֲשֶׂ֔ה וְאֵ֛ת כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר תִּפְנֶ֖ה שָֽׁם׃

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