--- title: 1 Kings 22:6 (JPS 1917) — Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four h… · tree and pragmatics description: Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them: 'Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?' And they said: 'Go up; for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.' 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And they said: 'Go up; for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.' **Who acts:** king, I, prophets, LORD · **What happens:** gather, say, go, battle, forbear, go up · **To what, where:** prophets, Ramoth, word, hand · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Kings 22:6 · 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 (king, I, prophets, LORD), 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:807 # text = Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them: 'Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?' And they said: 'Go up; for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.' 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 gathered gather VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 prophets prophet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 together together ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 about about ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 appos _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 18 unto unto ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ 20 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 21 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ _ 22 Shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 25 against against ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Ramoth Ramoth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ _ 28 gilead gilead PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 flat _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 battle battle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 or or CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 forbear forbear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 36 ? ? PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ 37 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ 38 And and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 41 : : PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 42 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ _ 43 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 40 ccomp _ _ 44 up up ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ _ 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 46 for for SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 49 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 advcl _ _ 51 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 into into ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ _ 58 . . PUNCT . _ 43 punct _ _ 59 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=decl, act=narrate, voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gather** | past | the king of Israel | the prophets | | | then | together *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prophet=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king of Israel *not said here* | | | | | unto men *= man* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **go** | shall | I | | | Ramoth | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme against ramoth=Location | | 4 | **battle** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **forbear** | shall | I | | | | | | vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | prophets *= prophet* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **go up** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 8 | **deliver** | future | the LORD | word | | the hand of the king | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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} וַיִּקְבֹּ֨ץ מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל אֶֽת־הַנְּבִיאִים֮ כְּאַרְבַּ֣ע מֵא֣וֹת אִישׁ֒ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֗ם הַאֵלֵ֞ךְ עַל־רָמֹ֥ת גִּלְעָ֛ד רָמֹ֥ת גִּלְעָ֛ד לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה אִם־אֶחְדָּ֑ל וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ עֲלֵ֔ה וְיִתֵּ֥ן אֲדֹנָ֖י בְּיַ֥ד הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ [1 Kings 22:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.22.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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