--- title: 1 Kings 9:3 (JPS 1917) — And the LORD said unto him: 'I have heard thy prayer and thy supplic… · tree and pragmatics description: And the LORD said unto him: 'I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before Me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put My name there for ever; and Mine eyes and My heart shall be there perpetually. 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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 (LORD, I, thou, eyes), 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:352 # text = And the LORD said unto him: 'I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before Me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put My name there for ever; and Mine eyes and My heart shall be there perpetually. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ _ 12 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 prayer prayer NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 supplication supplication NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 obj _ _ 19 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 nsubj _ _ 20 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl:relcl _ _ 22 before before ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 24 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 hallowed hallow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ _ 28 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 29 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 obj _ _ 32 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 nsubj _ _ 33 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl:relcl _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 38 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ _ 41 for for ADV RB ExtPos=ADV 37 advmod _ _ 42 ever ever ADV RB _ 41 fixed _ _ 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 45 Mine my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nsubj _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ _ 50 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 51 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 52 cop _ _ 52 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 conj _ _ 53 perpetually perpetually ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed polarity=pos | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the LORD | | | | | unto Solomon | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **hear** | present · perfect | I | thy prayer and thy supplication | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer prayer=Stimulus | | 3 | **make** | present · perfect | thou | thy prayer and thy supplication | | | before Me | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset that=Product | | 4 | **hallow** | present · perfect | I | this house | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **build** | present · perfect | thou | this house | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset which=Product | | 6 | **put** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | My name | | there | | for *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent name=Goal | | 7 | **is** | shall | Mine eyes and My heart | | | | | perpetually, there *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **pray** | | thy | | | | | | nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **supplicate** | | thy | | | | | | nom supplication «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **name** | | My | | | | | | nom name «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} וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֵלָ֗יו שָׁ֠מַעְתִּי אֶת־תְּפִלָּתְךָ֣ וְאֶת־תְּחִנָּתְךָ֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הִתְחַנַּ֣נְתָּה לְפָנַי֒ הִקְדַּ֗שְׁתִּי אֶת־הַבַּ֤יִת הַזֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּנִ֔תָה לָשֽׂוּם־שְׁמִ֥י שָׁ֖ם עַד־עוֹלָ֑ם וְהָי֨וּ עֵינַ֧י וְלִבִּ֛י שָׁ֖ם כָּל־הַיָּמִֽים׃ [1 Kings 9:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.9.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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