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title: 1 Kings 8:28 (JPS 1917) — Yet have Thou respect unto the prayer of Thy servant, and to his sup… · tree and pragmatics
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# 1 Kings 8:28 · JPS 1917

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Yet have Thou respect unto the prayer of Thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer which Thy servant prayeth before Thee this day;

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**Who acts:** Thou, servant, heaven · **What happens:** respect, hearken, pray, supplicate · **To what, where:** prayer

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This is 1 Kings 8:28 · 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 (Thou, servant, heaven), 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:310
# text = Yet have Thou respect unto the prayer of Thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer which Thy servant prayeth before Thee this day;
1	Yet	yet	CCONJ	CC	_	2	cc	_	_
2	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	4	nsubj	_	_
4	respect	respect	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	prayer	prayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	supplication	supplication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	O	o	INTJ	UH	_	18	discourse	_	_
18	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	vocative	_	_
19	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	appos	_	_
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	to	to	PART	TO	_	23	mark	_	_
23	hearken	hearken	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
24	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	cry	cry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
28	to	to	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	prayer	prayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	conj	_	_
31	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	34	obj	_	_
32	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	33	nmod:poss	_	_
33	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nsubj	_	_
34	prayeth	pray	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	acl:relcl	_	_
35	before	before	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	Thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	34	obl	_	_
37	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	38	det	_	_
38	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl:unmarked	_	_
39	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: request
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed polarity=none

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **respect** | present | Thou |  |  |  |  | unto the prayer of Thy servant and heaven's supplication; LORD *vocative* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **hearken** | to-infinitive | Thou *not said here* |  |  |  |  | unto the cry and the prayer | tree rules |
| 3 | **pray** | present | Thy servant | the prayer |  |  | before Thee; day |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **pray** |  | Thy servant |  |  |  |  |  | nom prayer «act intransitive»: of=agent |
| 5 | **supplicate** |  | heaven |  |  |  |  |  | nom supplication «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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וּפָנִ֜יתָ אֶל־תְּפִלַּ֧ת עַבְדְּךָ֛ וְאֶל־תְּחִנָּת֖וֹ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֑י לִשְׁמֹ֤עַ אֶל־הָֽרִנָּה֙ וְאֶל־הַתְּפִלָּ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֧ר עַבְדְּךָ֛ מִתְפַּלֵּ֥ל לְפָנֶ֖יךָ הַיּֽוֹם׃

[1 Kings 8:28: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.8.28/)

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