--- title: 1 Kings 20:36 (JPS 1917) — Then said he unto him: 'Because thou hast not hearkened to the voice… · tree and pragmatics description: Then said he unto him: 'Because thou hast not hearkened to the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee.' And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him; and slew him. 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And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him; and slew him. **Who acts:** man, thou, lion · **What happens:** say, not hearken, depart, slay, find · **To what, where:** thou, thee, man · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Kings 20:36 · 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 (man, thou, lion), 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:764 # text = Then said he unto him: 'Because thou hast not hearkened to the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee.' And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him; and slew him. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ _ 8 Because because SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 nsubj _ _ 10 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 hearkened hearken VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 20 behold behold INTJ UH _ 34 discourse _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 as as ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 34 advmod _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 departed depart VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 advcl _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 33 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 slay slay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 35 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 obj _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 37 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 38 And and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 39 as as ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 50 advmod _ _ 41 as as SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 departed depart VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 advcl _ _ 45 from from ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 50 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 ; ; PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 slew slay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 conj _ _ 55 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: warn - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=decl, act=warn | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | man | | | | then | unto lord | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **hearken** | present · perfect | thou | | | | | to the voice of the LORD | tree rules | | 3 | **depart** | present · passive | | thou | | | | from me | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **slay** | shall | a lion | thee | | | | soon *property* | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Patient | | 5 | **depart** | past · passive | | man | | | | from lord | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **find** | past | a lion | man | | | | soon *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic | | 7 | **slay** | past | a lion *not said here* | man | | | | | 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} וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֗וֹ יַ֚עַן אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא־שָׁמַ֙עְתָּ֙ בְּק֣וֹל יְהוָ֔ה הִנְּךָ֤ הוֹלֵךְ֙ מֵֽאִתִּ֔י וְהִכְּךָ֖ הָאַרְיֵ֑ה וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ מֵֽאֶצְל֔וֹ וַיִּמְצָאֵ֥הוּ הָאַרְיֵ֖ה וַיַּכֵּֽהוּ׃ [1 Kings 20:36: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.20.36/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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