--- title: 1 Kings 16:31 (JPS 1917) — And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk… · tree and pragmatics description: And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him. 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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 (sight, it, Ahab), 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:622 # text = And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 11 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 cop _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 light light ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 advcl _ _ 15 for for SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 csubj _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 sins sin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Jeroboam Jeroboam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 appos _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Nebat Nebat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 34 Jezebel Jezebel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 appos _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 appos _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 Ethbaal Ethbaal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 Zidonians Zidonians PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 served serve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 48 Baal Baal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 worshipped worship VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 52 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | **come** | past | sight | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | sight *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | past · perfect | it | a light thing | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **walk** | to-infinitive | Ahab | | | the sins of Jeroboam | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sin=Trajectory | | 5 | **take** | past | Ahab | | | | | to wife *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to wife=Result | | 6 | **go** | past | Ahab *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **serve** | past | Ahab *not said here* | Baal | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baal=Attribute | | 8 | **worship** | past | Ahab *not said here* | Ahab | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | 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} וַיְהִי֙ הֲנָקֵ֣ל לֶכְתּ֔וֹ בְּחַטֹּ֖אות יָרָבְעָ֣ם בֶּן־נְבָ֑ט וַיִּקַּ֨ח אִשָּׁ֜ה אֶת־אִיזֶ֗בֶל בַּת־אֶתְבַּ֙עַל֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ צִידֹנִ֔ים וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֣ד אֶת־הַבַּ֔עַל וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ לֽוֹ׃ [1 Kings 16:31: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.16.31/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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