--- title: 1 Kings 19:17 (JPS 1917) — And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth from the sword of… · tree and pragmatics description: And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth from the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay; and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay. 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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 (room, Jehu, Elisha), 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:720 # text = And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth from the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay; and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 escapeth escape VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Hazael Hazael PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 Jehu Jehu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 slay slay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 23 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 24 escapeth escape VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Jehu Jehu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 30 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 Elisha Elisha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 slay slay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 33 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | shall | room | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | room *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **escape** | present | | | | the sword of Hazael | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from sword=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **slay** | shall | Jehu | Elisha | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 5 | **escape** | present | | | | the sword of Jehu | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from sword=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **slay** | shall | Elisha | Jehu | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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} וְהָיָ֗ה הַנִּמְלָ֛ט מֵחֶ֥רֶב חֲזָאֵ֖ל יָמִ֣ית יֵה֑וּא וְהַנִּמְלָ֛ט מֵחֶ֥רֶב יֵה֖וּא יָמִ֥ית אֱלִישָֽׁע׃ [1 Kings 19:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.19.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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