--- title: 2 Kings 8:18 (JPS 1917) — And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of… · tree and pragmatics description: And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab; for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife; and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD. Who acts: Jehoram. 2 Kings 8:18 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/2KI.241/) [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/) / [2 Kings](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI/) / [chapter 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI/8/) / [8:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.8.18/) / JPS 1 # 2 Kings 8:18 · JPS 1917 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab; for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife; and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD. **Who acts:** Jehoram · **What happens:** walk, have, do, be, sight · **To what, where:** way, daughter, that, sight, LORD This is 2 Kings 8:18 · 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 (Jehoram), 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:2KI:241 # text = And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab; for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife; and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 14 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Ahab Ahab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 20 for for SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Ahab Ahab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 33 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 obj _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 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 . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | past | Jehoram | | | the way of the kings of Israel | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in way=Trajectory | | 2 | **have** | past | Jehoram | the daughter of Ahab | | | | to wife | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient | | 3 | **do** | past | Jehoram | that | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 4 | **is** | past | | | | the sight of the LORD | | evil *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **sight** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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} וַיֵּ֜לֶךְ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ ׀ מַלְכֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר עָשׂוּ֙ בֵּ֣ית אַחְאָ֔ב כִּ֚י בַּת־אַחְאָ֔ב הָֽיְתָה־לּ֖וֹ לְאִשָּׁ֑ה וַיַּ֥עַשׂ הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ [2 Kings 8:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.8.18/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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