--- title: 1 Kings 20:13 (JPS 1917) — And, behold, a prophet came near unto Ahab king of Israel, and said:… · tree and pragmatics description: And, behold, a prophet came near unto Ahab king of Israel, and said: 'Thus saith the LORD: Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thy hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.' 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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 (prophet, LORD, thou, 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:738 # text = And, behold, a prophet came near unto Ahab king of Israel, and said: 'Thus saith the LORD: Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thy hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 behold behold INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 prophet prophet NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 near near ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 unto unto ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 Ahab Ahab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 17 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 18 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ _ 19 Thus thus ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 saith say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 23 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 24 Hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 26 nsubj _ _ 26 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 ccomp _ _ 27 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 30 det:predet _ _ 28 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 det _ _ 29 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 multitude multitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 31 ? ? PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ 32 behold behold INTJ UH _ 36 discourse _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 parataxis _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 into into ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 det _ _ 42 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl:unmarked _ _ 43 ; ; PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 47 nsubj _ _ 46 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 48 that that SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 50 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 ccomp _ _ 53 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ 54 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: offer - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | a prophet | | | | | unto Ahab king of Israel; near *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a prophet *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the LORD | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **see** | present · perfect | thou | all great multitude | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer multitude=Stimulus | | 5 | **deliver** | future | I | multitude | | thy hand | day | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 6 | **know** | shall | thou | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is a** | present | I | the LORD | | | | | tree rules | 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 ׀ נָבִ֣יא אֶחָ֗ד נִגַּשׁ֮ אֶל־אַחְאָ֣ב מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הְֽרָאִ֔יתָ אֵ֛ת כָּל־הֶהָמ֥וֹן הַגָּד֖וֹל הַזֶּ֑ה הִנְנִ֨י נֹתְנ֤וֹ בְיָֽדְךָ֙ הַיּ֔וֹם וְיָדַעְתָּ֖ כִּֽי־אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ [1 Kings 20:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.20.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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