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title: 1 Kings 2:29 (JPS 1917) — And it was told king Solomon: 'Joab is fled unto the Tent of the LOR… · tree and pragmatics
description: And it was told king Solomon: 'Joab is fled unto the Tent of the LORD, and, behold, he is by the altar.' Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying: 'Go, fall upon him.' Who acts: Joab, Solomon. 1 Kings 2:29 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause.
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# 1 Kings 2:29 · JPS 1917

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And it was told king Solomon: 'Joab is fled unto the Tent of the LORD, and, behold, he is by the altar.' Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying: 'Go, fall upon him.'

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**Who acts:** Joab, Solomon · **What happens:** tell, flee, be, send, say, go · **To what, where:** hold, king Solomon, Joab, son, Benaiah · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is 1 Kings 2:29 · 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 (Joab, Solomon), 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:89
# text = And it was told king Solomon: 'Joab is fled unto the Tent of the LORD, and, behold, he is by the altar.' Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying: 'Go, fall upon him.'
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Solomon	Solomon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	iobj	_	_
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
8	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	_
9	Joab	Joab	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	fled	flee	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	ccomp	_	_
12	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Tent	tent	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	behold	behold	INTJ	UH	_	27	discourse	_	_
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
23	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
24	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	cop	_	_
25	by	by	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	altar	altar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
29	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
30	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	32	advmod	_	_
31	Solomon	Solomon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	nsubj	_	_
32	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
33	Benaiah	Benaiah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	iobj	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	Jehoiada	Jehoiada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	_
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
39	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	32	advcl	_	_
40	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	42	punct	_	_
41	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	42	punct	_	_
42	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	39	ccomp	_	_
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
44	fall	fall	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	42	parataxis	_	_
45	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
46	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	obl	_	_
47	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	42	punct	_	_
48	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	42	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed voice=narrator

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive |  | hold | king Solomon |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **flee** | present · passive |  | Joab |  |  |  | unto the Tent of the LORD | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **is** | present | Joab |  |  |  |  | by the altar | tree rules |
| 4 | **send** | past | Solomon | the son of Jehoiada | Benaiah |  | then |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent benaiah=Destination son=Theme |
| 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Solomon *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 6 | **go** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **fall** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | upon Joab | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon he=Location |

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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}

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וַיֻּגַּ֞ד לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֗ה כִּ֣י נָ֤ס יוֹאָב֙ אֶל־אֹ֣הֶל יְהוָ֔ה וְהִנֵּ֖ה אֵ֣צֶל הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה אֶת־בְּנָיָ֧הוּ בֶן־יְהוֹיָדָ֛ע לֵאמֹ֖ר לֵ֥ךְ פְּגַע־בּֽוֹ׃

[1 Kings 2:29: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.2.29/)

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