--- title: 1 Kings 17:10 (JPS 1917) — So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of t… · tree and pragmatics description: So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks; and he called to her, and said: 'Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.' 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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 (word, widow, I), 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:635 # text = So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks; and he called to her, and said: 'Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.' 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 arose arise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Zarephath Zarephath PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 10 when when SCONJ WRB _ 12 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 20 behold behold INTJ UH _ 26 discourse _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 widow widow NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 advmod _ _ 26 gathering gather VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 27 sticks stick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 37 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 38 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ _ 39 Fetch fetch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 ccomp _ _ 40 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 iobj _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 parataxis _ _ 44 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 43 obj _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 vessel vessel NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 52 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 53 that that SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 54 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 55 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 56 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 57 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 58 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arise** | past | word | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **go** | past | word *not said here* | | | Zarephath | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to zarephath=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **come** | past | word | | | the gate of the city | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to gate=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **gather** | past · progressive | a widow | sticks | | there | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Theme | | 5 | **call** | past | widow | | Zarephath | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | widow *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **fetch** | infinitive | | a little water | me | a vessel | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary water=Theme | | 8 | **pray** | present | I | thee | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **drink** | may | I | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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} וַיָּ֣קָם ׀ וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ צָרְפַ֗תָה וַיָּבֹא֙ אֶל־פֶּ֣תַח הָעִ֔יר וְהִנֵּֽה־שָׁ֛ם אִשָּׁ֥ה אַלְמָנָ֖ה מְקֹשֶׁ֣שֶׁת עֵצִ֑ים וַיִּקְרָ֤א אֵלֶ֙יהָ֙ וַיֹּאמַ֔ר קְחִי־נָ֨א לִ֧י מְעַט־מַ֛יִם בַּכְּלִ֖י וְאֶשְׁתֶּֽה׃ [1 Kings 17:10: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.17.10/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1KI:635` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [1 Kings 17:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.634/) - next →: [1 Kings 17:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.636/) - ↑ back to [1 Kings 17:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.17.10/)