--- title: 1 Kings 16:9 (JPS 1917) — And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired again… · tree and pragmatics description: And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him; now he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah; Who acts: servant, Baasa, Arza. 1 Kings 16:9 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.599/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [1 Kings](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI/) / [chapter 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI/16/) / [16:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.16.9/) / JPS 1 # 1 Kings 16:9 · JPS 1917 And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him; now he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah; **Who acts:** servant, Baasa, Arza · **What happens:** conspire, be, drink · **To what, where:** Tirzah, Baasa, house, household This is 1 Kings 16:9 · 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 (servant, Baasa, Arza), 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:599 # text = And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him; now he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah; 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 4 Zimri Zimri PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 captain captain NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 10 det:predet _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 chariots chariot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 12 conspired conspire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 against against ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 16 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Tirzah Tirzah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 parataxis _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 drinking drink VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 23 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 22 obj _ _ 24 drunk drunk ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 xcomp _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Arza Arza PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 33 over over ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 household household NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 acl:relcl _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 Tirzah Tirzah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 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 | **conspire** | past | Baasa's servant | | | | | against Baasa | vn conspire-71 «NP V PP.maleficiary»: agent=Agent against he=Maleficiary | | 2 | **is** | past | Baasa | | | Tirzah | now | | tree rules | | 3 | **drink** | gerund | Baasa *not said here* | Baasa | | the house of Arza | | drunk *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | | 4 | **is** | past | Arza | | | the household | | in Tirzah | 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} וַיִּקְשֹׁ֤ר עָלָיו֙ עַבְדּ֣וֹ זִמְרִ֔י שַׂ֖ר מַחֲצִ֣ית הָרָ֑כֶב וְה֤וּא בְתִרְצָה֙ שֹׁתֶ֣ה שִׁכּ֔וֹר בֵּ֣ית אַרְצָ֔א אֲשֶׁ֥ר עַל־הַבַּ֖יִת בְּתִרְצָֽה׃ [1 Kings 16:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.16.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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