--- title: 1 Kings 3:11 (JPS 1917) — And God said unto him: 'Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast… · tree and pragmatics description: And God said unto him: 'Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern justice; Who acts: God, thou. 1 Kings 3:11 in JPS 1917 with its d --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.119/) [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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI/3/) / [3:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.3.11/) / JPS 1 # 1 Kings 3:11 · JPS 1917 And God said unto him: 'Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern justice; **Who acts:** God, thou · **What happens:** say, ask, not ask, discern · **To what, where:** thing, long life, riches, life, understanding, justice · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Kings 3:11 · 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 (God, thou), 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:119 # text = And God said unto him: 'Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern justice; 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ _ 8 Because because SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nsubj _ _ 10 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 12 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 thyself thyself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes|Style=Arch 18 obl _ _ 21 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 24 neither neither CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ _ 27 riches riches NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 thyself thyself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes|Style=Arch 26 obl _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 33 cc _ _ 32 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ _ 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 40 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 thyself thyself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes|Style=Arch 42 obl _ _ 45 understanding understanding NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 discern discern VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 acl _ _ 48 justice justice NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 49 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: offer - 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 | God | | | | | unto speech | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present · perfect | thou | this thing | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thing=Recipient | | 3 | **not** **ask** *speech: ask* | present · perfect | thou *not said here* | long life | | | | for thyself | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent life=Recipient | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present · perfect | thou *not said here* | riches | | | | for thyself | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent riches=Recipient | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present · perfect | thou *not said here* | the life of thine enemies | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent life=Recipient | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present · perfect | thou *not said here* | understanding | | | | for thyself | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent understanding=Recipient | | 7 | **discern** | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* | justice | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer justice=Stimulus | 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} וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֜ים אֵלָ֗יו יַעַן֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר שָׁאַ֜לְתָּ אֶת־הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֗ה וְלֹֽא־שָׁאַ֨לְתָּ לְּךָ֜ יָמִ֣ים רַבִּ֗ים וְלֹֽא־שָׁאַ֤לְתָּ לְּךָ֙ עֹ֔שֶׁר וְלֹ֥א שָׁאַ֖לְתָּ נֶ֣פֶשׁ אֹיְבֶ֑יךָ וְשָׁאַ֧לְתָּ לְּךָ֛ הָבִ֖ין לִשְׁמֹ֥עַ מִשְׁפָּֽט׃ [1 Kings 3:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.3.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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