--- title: 1 Kings 18:24 (JPS 1917) — And call ye on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of… · tree and pragmatics description: And call ye on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD; and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God.' And all the people answered and said: 'It is well spoken.' 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And all the people answered and said: 'It is well spoken.' **Who acts:** ye, I, God, LORD, people · **What happens:** call, answer, let, be, say, speak · **To what, where:** name, LORD, God, fire · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Kings 18:24 · 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 (ye, I, God, LORD), 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:674 # text = And call ye on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD; and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God.' And all the people answered and said: 'It is well spoken.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 call call VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 2 nsubj _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 25 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 answereth answer VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 30 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 cop _ _ 33 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 xcomp _ _ 34 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 35 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 36 And and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 39 det:predet _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 40 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 43 : : PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 44 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 48 punct _ _ 45 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux:pass _ _ 47 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 48 advmod _ _ 48 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 ccomp _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 50 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=imp, act=request, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | infinitive | ye | | | the name of your god | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **call** | future | I | | | the name of the LORD | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | present | the God | | | | | by fire | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **let** | infinitive | the God | LORD | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | infinitive | LORD *not said here* | God | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | all people | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | all people *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **speak** *speech: other* | present · passive | | fire | | | | well *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **name** | | | your god | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **name** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} וּקְרָאתֶ֞ם בְּשֵׁ֣ם אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֗ם וַֽאֲנִי֙ אֶקְרָ֣א בְשֵׁם־יְהוָ֔ה וְהָיָ֧ה הָאֱלֹהִ֛ים אֲשֶׁר־יַעֲנֶ֥ה בָאֵ֖שׁ ה֣וּא הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים וַיַּ֧עַן כָּל־הָעָ֛ם וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ ט֥וֹב הַדָּבָֽר׃ [1 Kings 18:24: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.18.24/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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