--- title: 1 Kings 18:12 (JPS 1917) — And it will come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the s… · tree and pragmatics description: And it will come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the spirit of the LORD will carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he will slay me; but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth. 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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 (oath, I, spirit, LORD), 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:662 # text = And it will come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the spirit of the LORD will carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he will slay me; but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth. 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 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 as as ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 advcl _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 obl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 25 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 obj _ _ 26 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 32 so so ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 33 when when SCONJ WRB _ 35 mark _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 advcl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 38 Ahab Ahab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 45 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 obj _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 slay slay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 50 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 ; ; PUNCT : _ 56 punct _ _ 52 but but CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 53 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 54 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 appos _ _ 56 fear fear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 59 from from ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 61 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ _ 62 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | future | oath | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | oath *not said here* | | | | | soon *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | present | I | | | thee | | gone *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **carry** | future | the spirit of the LORD | thee | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 5 | **not** **know** | present | I | | | | | whither *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **come** | present | I | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | I *not said here* | | Ahab | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent ahab=Recipient | | 8 | **not** **find** | can | LORD | thee | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Topic | | 9 | **slay** | future | LORD | me | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 10 | **fear** | present | I | the LORD | | my youth | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lord=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} וְהָיָ֞ה אֲנִ֣י ׀ אֵלֵ֣ךְ מֵאִתָּ֗ךְ וְר֨וּחַ יְהוָ֤ה ׀ יִֽשָּׂאֲךָ֙ עַ֚ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־אֵדָ֔ע וּבָ֨אתִי לְהַגִּ֧יד לְאַחְאָ֛ב וְלֹ֥א יִֽמְצָאֲךָ֖ וַהֲרָגָ֑נִי וְעַבְדְּךָ֛ יָרֵ֥א אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה מִנְּעֻרָֽי׃ [1 Kings 18:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.18.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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