--- title: 1 Kings 22:17 (JPS 1917) — And he said: 'I saw all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as shee… · tree and pragmatics description: And he said: 'I saw all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd; and the LORD said: These have no master; let them return every man to his house in peace.' 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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 (king, I, Israel, sheep), 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:818 # text = And he said: 'I saw all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd; and the LORD said: These have no master; let them return every man to his house in peace.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 9 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 scattered scatter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 xcomp _ _ 11 upon upon ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 17 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 19 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 20 det _ _ 20 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 26 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 27 These this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 28 nsubj _ _ 28 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 ccomp _ _ 29 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 30 det _ _ 30 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 32 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 ccomp _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 36 det _ _ 36 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl:unmarked _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 43 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | king | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **see** | past | I | all Israel | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **scatter** | participle | all Israel *not said here* | | | the mountains | | as sheep | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme upon mountain=Destination | | 4 | **have** | present | sheep | no shepherd | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shepherd=Patient | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the LORD | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **have** | present | These | no master | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent master=Patient | | 7 | **let** | infinitive | | sheep | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **return** | infinitive | sheep *not said here* | every man | | peace | | to king's house *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to house=Result | 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} וַיֹּ֗אמֶר רָאִ֤יתִי אֶת־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ נְפֹצִ֣ים אֶל־הֶהָרִ֔ים כַּצֹּ֕אן אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֵין־לָהֶ֖ם רֹעֶ֑ה וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ לֹֽא־אֲדֹנִ֣ים לָאֵ֔לֶּה יָשׁ֥וּבוּ אִישׁ־לְבֵית֖וֹ בְּשָׁלֽוֹם׃ [1 Kings 22:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.22.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1KI:818` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [1 Kings 22:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.817/) - next →: [1 Kings 22:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.819/) - ↑ back to [1 Kings 22:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.22.17/)