--- title: 1 Kings 2:4 (JPS 1917) — that the LORD may establish His word which He spoke concerning me, s… · tree and pragmatics description: that the LORD may establish His word which He spoke concerning me, saying: If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee, said He, a man on the throne of Israel. 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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 (LORD, children), 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:61 # text = that the LORD may establish His word which He spoke concerning me, saying: If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee, said He, a man on the throne of Israel. 1 that that SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 establish establish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obj _ _ 9 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 11 concerning concern ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 15 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 16 If if SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 19 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 advcl _ _ 20 heed heed NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 27 before before ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 34 det:predet _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 39 det:predet _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 41 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 44 expl _ _ 42 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 fail fail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 45 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 obj _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 48 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 appos _ _ 52 on on ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 nmod _ _ 57 . . PUNCT . _ 47 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=narrate | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **establish** | may | the LORD | LORD's word | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | LORD | LORD's word | | | | concern me | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the LORD *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **take** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | thy children | heed | | children's way | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent heed=Theme to way=Destination | | 5 | **walk** | to-infinitive | thy children *not said here* | | | truth | before Me | with children's heart and children's soul | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before i=Trajectory | | 6 | **not** **fail** | shall | | thee | | there | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Eventuality | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | LORD | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **word** | | LORD | | | | | | nom word «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} לְמַעַן֩ יָקִ֨ים יְהוָ֜ה אֶת־דְּבָר֗וֹ אֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבֶּ֣ר עָלַי֮ לֵאמֹר֒ אִם־יִשְׁמְר֨וּ בָנֶ֜יךָ אֶת־דַּרְכָּ֗ם לָלֶ֤כֶת לְפָנַי֙ בֶּאֱמֶ֔ת בְּכָל־לְבָבָ֖ם וּבְכָל־נַפְשָׁ֑ם לֵאמֹ֕ר לֹֽא־יִכָּרֵ֤ת לְךָ֙ אִ֔ישׁ מֵעַ֖ל כִּסֵּ֥א יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ [1 Kings 2:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.2.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1KI:61` 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 2:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.60/) - next →: [1 Kings 2:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.62/) - ↑ back to [1 Kings 2:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.2.4/)