--- title: 1 Kings 14:5 (JPS 1917) — Now the LORD had said unto Ahijah: 'Behold, the wife of Jeroboam com… · tree and pragmatics description: Now the LORD had said unto Ahijah: 'Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to inquire of thee concerning her son; for he is sick; thus and thus shalt thou say unto her; for it will be, when she cometh in, that she will feign herself to be another woman.' 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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, wife, Ahijah, thou), 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:525 # text = Now the LORD had said unto Ahijah: 'Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to inquire of thee concerning her son; for he is sick; thus and thus shalt thou say unto her; for it will be, when she cometh in, that she will feign herself to be another woman.' 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 unto unto ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Ahijah Ahijah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 9 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ _ 10 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 16 discourse _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Jeroboam Jeroboam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 16 cometh come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 inquire inquire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 obl _ _ 21 concerning concern ADP VBG _ 23 case _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 25 for for SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 28 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 advcl _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 30 thus thus ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 thus thus ADV RB _ 30 conj _ _ 33 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 35 nsubj _ _ 35 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 parataxis _ _ 36 unto unto ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ _ 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 39 for for SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 expl _ _ 41 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 44 when when SCONJ WRB _ 46 mark _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 cometh come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 47 in in ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 that that SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 50 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 feign feign VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 csubj _ _ 53 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 52 obj _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 57 mark _ _ 55 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 57 cop _ _ 56 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 57 det _ _ 57 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 xcomp _ _ 58 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ 59 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | the LORD | | | | now | unto Ahijah | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **come** | present | the wife of Jeroboam | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **inquire** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | the wife of Jeroboam *not said here* | | | | | of thee; concern wife's son | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent of thou=Recipient | | 4 | **is** | present | Ahijah | | | | | sick *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | shall | thou | | | | | unto wife; thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **come in** | present | wife | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **feign** | future | wife | wife | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Patient | | 8 | **is a** | to-infinitive | wife *not said here* | another woman | | | | | tree rules | 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} וַיהוָ֞ה אָמַ֣ר אֶל־אֲחִיָּ֗הוּ הִנֵּ֣ה אֵ֣שֶׁת יָרָבְעָ֡ם בָּאָ֣ה לִדְרֹשׁ֩ דָּבָ֨ר מֵעִמְּךָ֤ אֶל־בְּנָהּ֙ כִּֽי־חֹלֶ֣ה ה֔וּא כָּזֹ֥ה וְכָזֶ֖ה תְּדַבֵּ֣ר אֵלֶ֑יהָ וִיהִ֣י כְבֹאָ֔הּ וְהִ֖יא מִתְנַכֵּרָֽה׃ [1 Kings 14:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.14.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1KI:525` 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 14:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.524/) - next →: [1 Kings 14:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.526/) - ↑ back to [1 Kings 14:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.14.5/)