--- title: 1 Kings 22:23 (JPS 1917) — Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth… · tree and pragmatics description: Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets; and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee.' 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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 (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:828 # text = Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets; and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee.' 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 2 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 4 behold behold INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 lying lie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 amod _ _ 12 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 20 det:predet _ _ 18 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 20 det _ _ 19 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 prophets prophet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 conj _ _ 27 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 28 concerning concerning ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 26 obl _ _ 30 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ 31 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | present · perfect | the LORD | a lying spirit | | the mouth of thy prophets | now | therefore *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent spirit=Theme in mouth=Destination | | 2 | **lie** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | present · perfect | the LORD | evil | | | | concerning thee | tree rules | 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} וְעַתָּ֗ה הִנֵּ֨ה נָתַ֤ן יְהוָה֙ ר֣וּחַ שֶׁ֔קֶר בְּפִ֖י כָּל־נְבִיאֶ֣יךָ אֵ֑לֶּה וַֽיהוָ֔ה דִּבֶּ֥ר עָלֶ֖יךָ רָעָֽה׃ [1 Kings 22:23: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.22.23/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1KI:828` 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 22:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.827/) - next →: [1 Kings 22:24 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.829/) - ↑ back to [1 Kings 22:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.22.23/)