--- title: 1 Kings 22:15 (JPS 1917) — And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him: 'Micaiah,… · tree and pragmatics description: And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him: 'Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we forbear?' And he answered him: 'Go up, and prosper; and the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.' 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And he answered him: 'Go up, and prosper; and the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.' **Who acts:** Micaiah, king, we, LORD · **What happens:** come, say, go, battle, forbear, answer · **To what, where:** Ramoth gilead, king, gilead, hand · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Kings 22:15 · 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 (Micaiah, king, we, 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:816 # text = And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him: 'Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we forbear?' And he answered him: 'Go up, and prosper; and the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 unto unto ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ _ 15 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 16 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ _ 17 Micaiah Micaiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 vocative _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 Ramoth Ramoth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ _ 25 gilead gilead NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 battle battle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 or or CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 forbear forbear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 33 ? ? PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ 34 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ 35 And and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 iobj _ _ 39 : : PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 40 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ _ 41 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 37 ccomp _ _ 42 up up ADV RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 prosper prosper VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 50 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 52 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 into into ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod _ _ 59 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ 60 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: suggest - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=suggest | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past · passive | Micaiah | | | | | to the king | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to king=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king | | | | | unto Micaiah | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **go** | shall | we | | | Ramoth gilead | | Micaiah *vocative* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to gilead=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **battle** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **forbear** | shall | we | | | | | | vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Micaiah | | king | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **go up** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 8 | **prosper** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **deliver** | future | the LORD | gilead | | 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} וַיָּבוֹא֮ אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ֒ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ אֵלָ֗יו מִיכָ֙יְהוּ֙ הֲנֵלֵ֞ךְ אֶל־רָמֹ֥ת גִּלְעָ֛ד רָמֹ֥ת גִּלְעָ֛ד לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה אִם־נֶחְדָּ֑ל וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ עֲלֵ֣ה וְהַצְלַ֔ח וְנָתַ֥ן יְהוָ֖ה בְּיַ֥ד הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ [1 Kings 22:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.22.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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