--- title: 1 Kings 3:26 (JPS 1917) — Then spoke the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for h… · tree and pragmatics description: Then spoke the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her heart yearned upon her son, and she said: 'Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it.' But the other said: 'It shall be neither mine nor thine; divide it.' 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But the other said: 'It shall be neither mine nor thine; divide it.' **Who acts:** woman, living child, heart, child, other · **What happens:** speak, be, yearn, say, give, slay · **To what, where:** living child, child, wise, mine, heart · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Kings 3:26 · 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 (woman, living child, heart, child), 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:134 # text = Then spoke the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her heart yearned upon her son, and she said: 'Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it.' But the other said: 'It shall be neither mine nor thine; divide it.' 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 8 nmod:poss _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 living live ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 10 unto unto ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 acl:relcl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 for for SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 yearned yearn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 18 upon upon ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 25 : : PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 26 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ _ 27 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 32 discourse _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 vocative _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 ccomp _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 living live ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 41 det _ _ 41 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 obl _ _ 42 slay slay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 45 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 46 But but CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 nsubj _ _ 49 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 50 : : PUNCT : _ 56 punct _ _ 51 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 56 punct _ _ 52 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 53 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 54 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 56 cop _ _ 55 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 56 cc:preconj _ _ 56 mine mine PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 ccomp _ _ 57 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 58 cc _ _ 58 thine thy PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 56 conj _ _ 59 ; ; PUNCT : _ 60 punct _ _ 60 divide divide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 61 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 obj _ _ 62 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 63 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed act=request | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the woman | | | | then | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | the king's living child | | | | | unto the king | tree rules | | 3 | **yearn** | past | child's heart | | | | | upon child's son | vn long-32.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | child | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **give** | infinitive | | the living child | child | | | my lord *vocative* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient child=Theme | | 6 | **slay** | infinitive | | no wise | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the other | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is a** | shall | heart | mine | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **divide** | infinitive | | heart | | | | | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | 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} וַתֹּ֣אמֶר הָאִשָּׁה֩ אֲשֶׁר־בְּנָ֨הּ הַחַ֜י אֶל־הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ כִּֽי־נִכְמְר֣וּ רַחֲמֶיהָ֮ עַל־בְּנָהּ֒ וַתֹּ֣אמֶר ׀ בִּ֣י אֲדֹנִ֗י תְּנוּ־לָהּ֙ אֶת־הַיָּל֣וּד הַחַ֔י וְהָמֵ֖ת אַל־תְּמִיתֻ֑הוּ וְזֹ֣את אֹמֶ֗רֶת גַּם־לִ֥י גַם־לָ֛ךְ לֹ֥א יִהְיֶ֖ה גְּזֹֽרוּ׃ [1 Kings 3:26: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.3.26/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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