--- title: 1 Kings 18:10 (JPS 1917) — As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither m… · tree and pragmatics description: As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee; and when they said: He is not here, he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not. 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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, nation), 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:660 # text = As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee; and when they said: He is not here, he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 6 liveth live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 9 expl _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 11 det _ _ 11 nation nation NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 12 or or CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 15 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 16 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 18 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl:relcl _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 obj _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 26 when when SCONJ WRB _ 28 mark _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 29 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 30 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 28 ccomp _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 37 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 oath oath NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 nation nation NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 48 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 47 obj _ _ 49 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | present | the LORD | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **send** | present · perfect | my lord | | | | | whither *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **seek** | to-infinitive | my lord *not said here* | thee | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | nation | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **is** | present | LORD | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **take** | past | LORD | a oath of the kingdom and nation | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oath=Theme | | 7 | **not** **find** | past | nation | thee | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Topic | 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} חַ֣י ׀ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ אִם־יֶשׁ־גּ֤וֹי וּמַמְלָכָה֙ אֲ֠שֶׁר לֹֽא־שָׁלַ֨ח אֲדֹנִ֥י שָׁם֙ לְבַקֶּשְׁךָ֔ וְאָמְר֖וּ אָ֑יִן וְהִשְׁבִּ֤יעַ אֶת־הַמַּמְלָכָה֙ וְאֶת־הַגּ֔וֹי כִּ֖י לֹ֥א יִמְצָאֶֽכָּה׃ [1 Kings 18:10: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.18.10/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1KI:660` 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 18:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.659/) - next →: [1 Kings 18:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.661/) - ↑ back to [1 Kings 18:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.18.10/)