--- title: 1 Kings 2:8 (JPS 1917) — And, behold, there is with thee Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamit… · tree and pragmatics description: And, behold, there is with thee Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by the LORD, saying: I will not put thee to death with the sword. 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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 (Shimei, Benjamite, I, Mahanaim), 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:65 # text = And, behold, there is with thee Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by the LORD, saying: I will not put thee to death with the sword. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 behold behold INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 6 expl _ _ 6 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 obl _ _ 9 Shimei Shimei PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Gera Gera PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Benjamite Benjamite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Bahurim Bahurim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 21 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 cursed curse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 23 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 grievous grievous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 curse curse NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 31 when when ADV WRB PronType=Rel 33 advmod _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Mahanaim Mahanaim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 40 down down ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 43 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 at at ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 Jordan Jordan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 swore swear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obl _ _ 53 by by ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 56 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 57 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 50 advcl _ _ 58 : : PUNCT : _ 62 punct _ _ 59 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 60 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 61 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 62 advmod _ _ 62 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 ccomp _ _ 63 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 62 obj _ _ 64 to to ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 66 with with ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 69 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | Shimei and the Benjamite of Bahurim | | | there | | with thee | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **curse** | past | the Benjamite of Bahurim | me | | | day | with a grievous curse | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 3 | **go** | past | I | | | Mahanaim | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to mahanaim=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **come down** | past | Mahanaim | | | | | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **meet** | to-infinitive | Mahanaim *not said here* | me | | the Jordan | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Co-Agent | | 6 | **swear** | past | I | | Mahanaim | | | by the LORD | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **not** **put** | future | I | thee | | | | to death; with the sword | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent thou=Goal | 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} וְהִנֵּ֣ה עִ֠מְּךָ שִֽׁמְעִ֨י בֶן־גֵּרָ֥א בֶן־הַיְמִינִי֮ מִבַּחֻרִים֒ וְה֤וּא קִֽלְלַ֙נִי֙ קְלָלָ֣ה נִמְרֶ֔צֶת בְּי֖וֹם לֶכְתִּ֣י מַחֲנָ֑יִם וְהֽוּא־יָרַ֤ד לִקְרָאתִי֙ הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן וָאֶשָּׁ֨בַֽע ל֤וֹ בַֽיהוָה֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר אִם־אֲמִֽיתְךָ֖ בֶּחָֽרֶב׃ [1 Kings 2:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.2.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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