--- title: 1 Kings 14:6 (JPS 1917) — And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came… · tree and pragmatics description: And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said: 'Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings. 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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 (it, Ahijah, wife, 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:526 # text = And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said: 'Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 when when SCONJ WRB _ 8 mark _ _ 7 Ahijah Ahijah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 18 in in ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 26 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 27 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ _ 28 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 ccomp _ _ 29 in in ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 vocative _ _ 32 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 appos _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Jeroboam Jeroboam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 36 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 37 advmod _ _ 37 feignest feign VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ _ 38 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 nsubj _ _ 39 thyself thyself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes|Style=Arch 37 obj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 cop _ _ 42 another another PRON DT PronType=Ind 37 xcomp _ _ 43 ? ? PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ _ 44 for for SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 advcl _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 47 obl _ _ 50 with with ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 tidings tiding NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ _ 53 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: other - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=other, act=narrate, voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | it | | | | | so *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hear** | past | Ahijah | the sound of wife's feet | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer sound=Stimulus | | 3 | **come in** | past | wife | | | the door | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at door=Location | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Ahijah | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **come in** | infinitive | | | | | | thou *vocative* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **feign** | present | thou | thyself | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thyself=Patient | | 7 | **is a** | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* | another | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **send** | present · passive | | I | | thee | | with heavy tidings | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to thou=Destination | 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} וַיְהִי֩ כִשְׁמֹ֨עַ אֲחִיָּ֜הוּ אֶת־ק֤וֹל רַגְלֶ֙יהָ֙ בָּאָ֣ה בַפֶּ֔תַח וַיֹּ֕אמֶר בֹּ֖אִי אֵ֣שֶׁת יָרָבְעָ֑ם לָ֣מָּה זֶּ֗ה אַ֚תְּ מִתְנַכֵּרָ֔ה וְאָ֣נֹכִ֔י שָׁל֥וּחַ אֵלַ֖יִךְ קָשָֽׁה׃ [1 Kings 14:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.14.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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