--- title: 1 Kings 3:12 (JPS 1917) — behold, I have done according to thy word: lo, I have given thee a w… · tree and pragmatics description: behold, I have done according to thy word: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there hath been none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto 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 (I, none, any, thy), 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:120 # text = behold, I have done according to thy word: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there hath been none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. 1 behold behold INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 case _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 6 fixed _ _ 8 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 11 lo lo INTJ UH _ 15 discourse _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 parataxis _ _ 16 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 iobj _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 18 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 understanding understanding ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 24 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 28 mark _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 fixed _ _ 26 there there PRON EX _ 28 expl _ _ 27 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 been be VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 29 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 28 nsubj _ _ 30 like like ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 nmod _ _ 32 before before ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 obl _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 40 cc _ _ 36 after after ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 obl _ _ 38 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 40 nsubj _ _ 40 arise arise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 41 like like ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 unto unto ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 obl _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present · perfect | I | | | | | accord thy word | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **give** | present · perfect | I | a wise understanding heart | thee | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient heart=Theme | | 4 | **be** | present · perfect | none | | | thee; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before thou=Location | | 5 | **arise** | shall | any | | | | after thee | like thee | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **word** | | thy | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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} הִנֵּ֥ה עָשִׂ֖יתִי כִּדְבָרֶ֑יךָ הִנֵּ֣ה ׀ נָתַ֣תִּי לְךָ֗ לֵ֚ב חָכָ֣ם וְנָב֔וֹן אֲשֶׁ֤ר כָּמ֙וֹךָ֙ לֹא־הָיָ֣ה לְפָנֶ֔יךָ וְאַחֲרֶ֖יךָ לֹא־יָק֥וּם כָּמֽוֹךָ׃ [1 Kings 3:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.3.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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