--- title: 1 Kings 2:7 (JPS 1917) — But show kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let… · tree and pragmatics description: But show kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table; for so they drew nigh unto me when I fled from Absalom thy brother. Who acts: you, statutes, I. 1 Kings 2:7 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.64/) [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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI/2/) / [2:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.2.7/) / JPS 1 # 1 Kings 2:7 · JPS 1917 But show kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table; for so they drew nigh unto me when I fled from Absalom thy brother. **Who acts:** you, statutes, I · **What happens:** show, let, be, eat, draw, flee · **To what, where:** kindness, statutes, table, Absalom This is 1 Kings 2:7 · 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, statutes, I), 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:64 # text = But show kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table; for so they drew nigh unto me when I fled from Absalom thy brother. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 3 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Barzillai Barzillai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Gileadite Gileadite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 cop _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 13 obl _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 24 for for SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 28 nigh nigh ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 29 unto unto ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ _ 31 when when SCONJ WRB _ 33 mark _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 34 from from ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Absalom Absalom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 36 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 appos _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | imperative | you *not said here* | kindness | | | | unto the sons of Barzillai | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kindness=Recipient | | 2 | **let** | infinitive | you *not said here* | statutes *= statute* | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 3 | **is** | infinitive | | | | | | of those | tree rules | | 4 | **eat** | present | | | | thy table | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **draw** | past | statutes *= statute* | | | | | unto me; nigh *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **flee** | past | I | | | Absalom | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from absalom=Initial\_Location | 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} וְלִבְנֵ֨י בַרְזִלַּ֤י הַגִּלְעָדִי֙ תַּֽעֲשֶׂה־חֶ֔סֶד וְהָי֖וּ בְּאֹכְלֵ֣י שֻׁלְחָנֶ֑ךָ כִּי־כֵן֙ קָרְב֣וּ אֵלַ֔י בְּבָרְחִ֕י מִפְּנֵ֖י אַבְשָׁל֥וֹם אָחִֽיךָ׃ [1 Kings 2:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.2.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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