--- title: 1 Kings 19:20 (JPS 1917) — And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said: 'Let me, I pra… · tree and pragmatics description: And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said: 'Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee.' And he said unto him: 'Go back; for what have I done to thee?' 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And he said unto him: 'Go back; for what have I done to thee?' **Who acts:** Elijah, I · **What happens:** leave, run, say, let, pray, kiss · **To what, where:** oxen, me, thee, father · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Kings 19:20 · 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 (Elijah, 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:723 # text = And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said: 'Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee.' And he said unto him: 'Go back; for what have I done to thee?' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 oxen ox NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 after after ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Elijah Elijah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 15 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ _ 16 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 17 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 21 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 obj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 kiss kiss VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 24 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 advmod _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 35 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 obj _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ 37 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 38 And and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 41 unto unto ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ _ 43 : : PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 44 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ _ 45 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 40 ccomp _ _ 46 back back ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 47 ; ; PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 48 for for SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 49 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 52 obj _ _ 50 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 51 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 45 advcl _ _ 53 to to ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 52 obl _ _ 55 ? ? PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ _ 56 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=request, indirect=0 | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past | Elijah | the oxen | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ox=Theme | | 2 | **run** | past | Elijah *not said here* | | | | after Elijah | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Elijah *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **let** | infinitive | | me | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 5 | **pray** | present | I | thee | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **kiss** | infinitive | | my father and my mother | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Co-Agent | | 7 | **follow** | future | I | thee | | | then | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Elijah | | | | | unto Elisha | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **go back** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 10 | **do** | present · perfect | I | | | | | to thee | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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} וַיַּעֲזֹ֣ב אֶת־הַבָּקָ֗ר וַיָּ֙רָץ֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י אֵֽלִיָּ֔הוּ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר אֶשְּׁקָה־נָּא֙ לְאָבִ֣י וּלְאִמִּ֔י וְאֵלְכָ֖ה אַחֲרֶ֑יךָ וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לוֹ֙ לֵ֣ךְ שׁ֔וּב כִּ֥י מֶה־עָשִׂ֖יתִי לָֽךְ׃ [1 Kings 19:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.19.20/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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