--- title: 1 Kings 2:26 (JPS 1917) — And unto Abiathar the priest said the king: 'Get thee to Anathoth, u… · tree and pragmatics description: And unto Abiathar the priest said the king: 'Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art deserving of death; but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou didst bear the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because thou wast afflicted in all wherein my father w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.85/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [1 Kings](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI/) / [chapter 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI/2/) / [2:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.2.26/) / JPS 1 # 1 Kings 2:26 · JPS 1917 And unto Abiathar the priest said the king: 'Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art deserving of death; but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou didst bear the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because thou wast afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.' **Who acts:** king, thou, I · **What happens:** say, get, deserve, not put, bear, afflict · **To what, where:** priest, thee, Anathoth, ark, thou, all · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Kings 2:26 · 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, thou, I), 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:85 # text = And unto Abiathar the priest said the king: 'Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art deserving of death; but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou didst bear the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because thou wast afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 unto unto ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 Abiathar Abiathar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 6 said say 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 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 9 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 10 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ _ 11 Get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 12 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 obj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Anathoth Anathoth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 unto unto ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 nmod:poss _ _ 18 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 21 for for SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nsubj _ _ 23 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 deserving deserve VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 32 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 34 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 35 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 36 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 35 obj _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 because because SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 43 nsubj _ _ 42 didst do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 ark ark NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 49 GOD GOD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 50 before before ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 52 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 appos _ _ 54 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 56 because because SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 57 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 59 nsubj:pass _ _ 58 wast be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 aux:pass _ _ 59 afflicted afflict VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 conj _ _ 60 in in ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 59 obl _ _ 62 wherein wherein ADV WRB PronType=Int 66 advmod _ _ 63 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 64 nmod:poss _ _ 64 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 nsubj:pass _ _ 65 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 66 aux:pass _ _ 66 afflicted afflict VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 59 advcl _ _ 67 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ 68 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: offer - voice: character - polarity: neg - indirect: yes - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king | the priest | | | | unto Abiathar | tree rules | | 2 | **get** | infinitive | | thee | Anathoth | | | unto thine own fields | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thou=Stimulus | | 3 | **deserve** | present · progressive | thou | | | | | of death | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **put** | future | I | thee | | | time | to death | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent thou=Goal | | 5 | **bear** | past · do-support | thou | the ark of the Lord GOD | | | before David | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ark=Patient | | 6 | **afflict** | past · passive | | thou | | all | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 7 | **afflict** | past · passive | | my father | | | | wherein *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | 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} וּלְאֶבְיָתָ֨ר הַכֹּהֵ֜ן אָמַ֣ר הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ עֲנָתֹת֙ לֵ֣ךְ עַל־שָׂדֶ֔יךָ כִּ֛י אִ֥ישׁ מָ֖וֶת אָ֑תָּה וּבַיּ֨וֹם הַזֶּ֜ה לֹ֣א אֲמִיתֶ֗ךָ כִּֽי־נָשָׂ֜אתָ אֶת־אֲר֨וֹן אֲדֹנָ֤י יְהֹוִה֙ לִפְנֵי֙ דָּוִ֣ד אָבִ֔י וְכִ֣י הִתְעַנִּ֔יתָ בְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶֽׁר־הִתְעַנָּ֖ה אָבִֽי׃ [1 Kings 2:26: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.2.26/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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