--- title: 1 Kings 20:40 (JPS 1917) — And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone.' And the ki… · tree and pragmatics description: And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone.' And the king of Israel said unto him: 'So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.' 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And the king of Israel said unto him: 'So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.' **Who acts:** servant, man, king, judgment, thyself, thy · **What happens:** be, say, decide, judge · **To what, where:** judgment · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Kings 20:40 · 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 (servant, man, king, judgment), 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:768 # text = And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone.' And the king of Israel said unto him: 'So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 busy busy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 advcl _ _ 7 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 conj _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 14 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ 15 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 16 And and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 22 unto unto ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 24 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 25 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ _ 26 So so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 27 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 28 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 judgment judgment NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 32 thyself thyself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes|Style=Arch 34 nsubj _ _ 33 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 decided decide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 parataxis _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ 37 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: warn - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | thy servant | | | here | | busy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | man | | | | | gone *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king of Israel | | | | | unto man | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **be** | shall | thy judgment | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **decide** | present · perfect | thyself | judgment | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 6 | **judge** | | thy | | | | | | nom judgment «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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} וַיְהִ֣י עַבְדְּךָ֗ עֹשֵׂ֥ה הֵ֛נָּה וָהֵ֖נָּה וְה֣וּא אֵינֶ֑נּוּ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלָ֧יו מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל כֵּ֥ן מִשְׁפָּטֶ֖ךָ אַתָּ֥ה חָרָֽצְתָּ׃ [1 Kings 20:40: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.20.40/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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