--- title: 1 Chronicles 4:10 (JPS 1917) — And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying: 'Oh that Thou wouldes… · tree and pragmatics description: And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying: 'Oh that Thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that Thy hand might be with me, and that Thou wouldest work deliverance from evil, that it may not pain me!' And God granted him that which he requested. 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And God granted him that which he requested. **Who acts:** Jabez, Thou, hand, God · **What happens:** call, say, bless, enlarge, be, work · **To what, where:** me, border, deliverance, evil, that, Jabez · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Chronicles 4:10 · 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 (Jabez, Thou, hand, God), 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:1CH:168 # text = And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying: 'Oh that Thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that Thy hand might be with me, and that Thou wouldest work deliverance from evil, that it may not pain me!' And God granted him that which he requested. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Jabez Jabez PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 11 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 12 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ _ 13 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 17 discourse _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 nsubj _ _ 16 wouldest would AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 bless bless VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 18 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 enlarge enlarge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 border border NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 28 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 30 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 cop _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 conj _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 nsubj _ _ 38 wouldest would AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 40 deliverance deliverance NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 41 from from ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 46 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 48 advmod _ _ 48 pain pain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 49 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 ! ! PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ 51 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ 52 And and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 53 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 54 granted grant VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 55 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 iobj _ _ 56 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 54 obj _ _ 57 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 59 obj _ _ 58 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 59 requested request VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 acl:relcl _ _ 60 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: express - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | past | Jabez | | | | | on the God of Israel | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Jabez *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **bless** | would | Thou | me | | | | indeed *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 4 | **enlarge** | infinitive | Thou *not said here* | my border | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent border=Patient | | 5 | **is** | might | Thy hand | | | | | with me | tree rules | | 6 | **work** | would | Thou | deliverance | | evil | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent deliverance=Material | | 7 | **not** **pain** | may | hand | me | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer | | 8 | **grant** | past | God | that | Jabez | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal that=Theme | | 9 | **request** | past | Jabez | | | | | | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent which=Recipient | 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} וַיִּקְרָ֣א יַ֠עְבֵּץ לֵאלֹהֵ֨י יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל לֵאמֹ֗ר אִם־בָּרֵ֨ךְ תְּבָרֲכֵ֜נִי וְהִרְבִּ֤יתָ אֶת־גְּבוּלִי֙ וְהָיְתָ֤ה יָדְךָ֙ עִמִּ֔י וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ מֵּרָעָ֖ה לְבִלְתִּ֣י עָצְבִּ֑י וַיָּבֵ֥א אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־שָׁאָֽל׃ [1 Chronicles 4:10: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.4.10/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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