--- title: 1 Kings 14:21 (JPS 1917) — Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he… · tree and pragmatics description: Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put His name there; and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess. 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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 (Rehoboam, LORD, name, mother), 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:543 # text = Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put His name there; and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess. 1 Rehoboam Rehoboam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 3 forty forty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 conj _ _ 6 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 when when SCONJ WRB _ 10 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 reign reign VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 reigned reign VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 17 seventeen seventeen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl:unmarked _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 appos _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 obj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 acl:relcl _ _ 29 out out ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 33 det:predet _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 tribes tribe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 39 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ _ 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod:poss _ _ 46 's 's PART POS _ 45 case _ _ 47 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 49 Naamah Naamah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 Ammonitess Ammonitess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 appos _ _ 52 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Rehoboam | | | | year | old *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **begin** | past | Rehoboam | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **reign** | to-infinitive | Rehoboam *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **reign** | past | Rehoboam | | | Jerusalem | year | | tree rules | | 5 | **choose out** | past · perfect | the LORD | the city | | all tribes of Israel | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent which=Beneficiary tribe=Theme | | 6 | **put** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | Rehoboam's name | | there | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent name=Goal | | 7 | **is a** | past | Rehoboam's mother's name | Naamah | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **name** | | Rehoboam | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **name** | | Rehoboam's mother | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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} וּרְחַבְעָם֙ בֶּן־שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּֽיהוּדָ֑ה בֶּן־אַרְבָּעִ֣ים וְאַחַ֣ת שָׁנָה֩ רְחַבְעָ֨ם בְּמָלְכ֜וֹ וּֽשֲׁבַ֨ע עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה שָׁנָ֣ה ׀ מָלַ֣ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֗ם הָ֠עִיר אֲשֶׁר־בָּחַ֨ר יְהוָ֜ה לָשׂ֨וּם אֶת־שְׁמ֥וֹ שָׁם֙ מִכֹּל֙ שִׁבְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ נַעֲמָ֖ה הָעַמֹּנִֽית׃ [1 Kings 14:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.14.21/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. [And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.542/) 2. **Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put His name there; and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.** **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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