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title: 1 Kings 16:7 (JPS 1917) — And moreover by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came… · tree and pragmatics
description: And moreover by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasa, and against his house, both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he smote him. 
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# 1 Kings 16:7 · JPS 1917

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And moreover by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasa, and against his house, both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he smote him.

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**Who acts:** word, Baasa, hands · **What happens:** come, do, provoke, be, smite, word · **To what, where:** evil, sight, Baasa, word, LORD

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This is 1 Kings 16:7 · 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 (word, Baasa, hands), 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:597
# text = And moreover by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasa, and against his house, both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he smote him.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
2	moreover	moreover	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	prophet	prophet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	Jehu	Jehu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Hanani	Hanani	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
20	against	against	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	Baasa	Baasa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
24	against	against	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	conj	_	_
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
28	both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc:preconj	_	_
29	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	33	case	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	fixed	_	_
31	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	33	det:predet	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	evil	evil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
34	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	36	obj	_	_
35	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	_	_
36	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	acl:relcl	_	_
37	in	in	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	_
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
44	to	to	PART	TO	_	45	mark	_	_
45	provoke	provoke	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	36	advcl	_	_
46	Him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	obj	_	_
47	with	with	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obl	_	_
50	of	of	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	52	nmod:poss	_	_
52	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	nmod	_	_
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
54	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	58	mark	_	_
55	being	be	AUX	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	58	cop	_	_
56	like	like	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	advcl	_	_
59	of	of	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
60	Jeroboam	Jeroboam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	58	nmod	_	_
61	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	65	punct	_	_
62	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	65	cc	_	_
63	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	65	mark	_	_
64	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	65	nsubj	_	_
65	smote	smite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	conj	_	_
66	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	65	obj	_	_
67	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | the word of the LORD against Baasa and Baasa's house |  |  |  |  | by the hand of the prophet; because all evil; moreover *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by hand=Location |
| 2 | **do** | past | Baasa | all evil |  | the sight of the LORD |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality |
| 3 | **provoke** | to-infinitive | Baasa *not said here* | Baasa |  |  |  | with the work of Baasa's hands | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer |
| 4 | **is** | gerund | Baasa *not said here* |  |  |  |  | like the house; of Jeroboam | tree rules |
| 5 | **smite** | past | Baasa | word |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer |
| 6 | **word** |  |  | the LORD |  |  |  | against Baasa and Baasa's house | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient against=obl |
| 7 | **sight** |  |  | the LORD |  |  |  |  | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 8 | **work** |  | Baasa's hands |  |  |  |  |  | nom work «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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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}

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וְגַ֡ם בְּיַד־יֵה֨וּא בֶן־חֲנָ֜נִי הַנָּבִ֗יא דְּבַר־יְהוָ֡ה הָיָה֩ אֶל־בַּעְשָׁ֨א וְאֶל־בֵּית֜וֹ וְעַ֥ל כָּל־הָרָעָ֣ה ׀ אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֣ה ׀ בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֗ה לְהַכְעִיסוֹ֙ בְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה יָדָ֔יו לִהְי֖וֹת כְּבֵ֣ית יָרָבְעָ֑ם וְעַ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־הִכָּ֖ה אֹתֽוֹ׃פ

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1KI:597` of Mova's parse database.

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