--- title: 1 Kings 22:13 (JPS 1917) — And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spoke unto him, saying:… · tree and pragmatics description: And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spoke unto him, saying: 'Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth, let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak thou good.' 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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 (messenger, words, I, word), 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:814 # text = And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spoke unto him, saying: 'Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth, let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak thou good.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 messenger messenger NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 8 Micaiah Micaiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 unto unto ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 14 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 15 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ _ 16 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 24 discourse _ _ 17 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 prophets prophet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ _ 24 declare declare VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 25 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 obj _ _ 26 unto unto ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 31 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 34 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 parataxis _ _ 39 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 obj _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 cop _ _ 42 like like ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 xcomp _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 44 nmod _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nmod _ _ 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 speak speak VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 52 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 51 nsubj _ _ 53 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 xcomp _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ 55 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | the messenger | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **call** | to-infinitive | the messenger *not said here* | | Micaiah | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent micaiah=Recipient | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the messenger | | | | | unto king | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the messenger *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **declare** *speech: other* | present | the words of the prophets | good | | | now | unto the king; with one mouth | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Attribute | | 6 | **let** | infinitive | the words of the prophets *not said here* | thy word | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 7 | **pray** | present | I | thee | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | infinitive | thy word *not said here* | | | | | like the word; of one of prophets | tree rules | | 9 | **speak** *speech: other* | infinitive | thou | | | | | good *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **word** | | | the prophets | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 11 | **word** | | thy | | | | | | nom word «communication 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} וְהַמַּלְאָ֞ךְ אֲשֶׁר־הָלַ֣ךְ ׀ לִקְרֹ֣א מִיכָ֗יְהוּ דִּבֶּ֤ר אֵלָיו֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר הִנֵּה־נָ֞א דִּבְרֵ֧י הַנְּבִיאִ֛ים פֶּֽה־אֶחָ֥ד ט֖וֹב אֶל־הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ יְהִֽי־נָ֣א דְבָרְךָ֗ כִּדְבַ֛ר אַחַ֥ד מֵהֶ֖ם וְדִבַּ֥רְתָּ טּֽוֹב׃ [1 Kings 22:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.22.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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