--- title: 1 Kings 18:26 (JPS 1917) — And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it,… · tree and pragmatics description: And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying: 'O Baal, answer us.' But there was no voice, nor any that answered. 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But there was no voice, nor any that answered. **Who acts:** bullocks, voice · **What happens:** take, give, dress, call, say, answer · **To what, where:** bullock, bullocks, fire, name, us, Baal · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Kings 18:26 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 of 2 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 (bullocks, voice), 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:676 # text = And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying: 'O Baal, answer us.' But there was no voice, nor any that answered. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bullock bullock NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 iobj _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 dressed dress VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Baal Baal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 25 even even ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 26 until until ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 noon noon NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 30 : : PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 31 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ _ 32 O o INTJ UH _ 33 discourse _ _ 33 Baal Baal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 vocative _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 ccomp _ _ 36 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ _ 38 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ 39 But but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 41 expl _ _ 41 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 42 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 43 det _ _ 43 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 46 cc _ _ 46 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 43 conj _ _ 47 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 48 nsubj _ _ 48 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 acl:relcl _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=decl, act=narrate, voice=narrator, polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | bullocks *= bullock* | the bullock | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bullock=Theme | | 2 | **give** | past · passive | | the bullock | bullocks *= bullock* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient they=Theme | | 3 | **dress** | past | bullocks *= bullock* | fire | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 4 | **call** | past | bullocks *= bullock* *not said here* | | | the name of Baal | morning; noon | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | bullocks *= bullock* *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **answer** *speech: assert* | infinitive | | | us | | | Baal *vocative* | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent we=Eventuality | | 7 | **be** | past | no voice | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **name** | | | Baal | | | | | 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} וַ֠יִּקְחוּ אֶת־הַפָּ֨ר אֲשֶׁר־נָתַ֣ן לָהֶם֮ וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּ֒ וַיִּקְרְא֣וּ בְשֵׁם־הַ֠בַּעַל מֵהַבֹּ֨קֶר וְעַד־הַצָּהֳרַ֤יִם לֵאמֹר֙ הַבַּ֣עַל עֲנֵ֔נוּ וְאֵ֥ין ק֖וֹל וְאֵ֣ין עֹנֶ֑ה וַֽיְפַסְּח֔וּ עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָֽׂה׃ [1 Kings 18:26: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.18.26/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. **And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying: 'O Baal, answer us.' But there was no voice, nor any that answered.** 2. [And they danced in halting wise about the altar which was made.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.677/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1KI:676` 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 18:25 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.675/) - next →: [1 Kings 18:26 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.677/) - ↑ back to [1 Kings 18:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.18.26/)