1 Kings 21:4 · JPS 1917
And Ahab came into his house sullen and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said: 'I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers.' And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
Who acts: Ahab, Naboth, I · What happens: come, speak, say, not give, lay down, turn away · To what, where: house, word, Ahab, inheritance, thee, bed · Speech: someone speaks here
This is 1 Kings 21:4 · 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 (Ahab, Naboth, I), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 came | cc |
| 2 | Ahab | Ahab | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 came | nsubj |
| 3 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 house | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 house | nmod:poss |
| 6 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | obl |
| 7 | sullen | sullen | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 came | xcomp |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 displeased | cc |
| 9 | displeased | displeased | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 sullen | conj |
| 10 | because | because | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 13 word | case |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 because | fixed |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 word | det |
| 13 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 displeased | obl |
| 14 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 spoken | obj |
| 15 | Naboth | Naboth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 spoken | nsubj |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Jezreelite | det |
| 17 | Jezreelite | Jezreelite | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Naboth | appos |
| 18 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 spoken | aux |
| 19 | spoken | speak | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 13 word | acl:relcl |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 him | case |
| 21 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 spoken | obl |
| 22 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 26 said | punct |
| 23 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 26 said | mark |
| 24 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 said | nsubj |
| 25 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 said | aux |
| 26 | said | say | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 came | advcl |
| 27 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 32 give | punct |
| 28 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 32 give | punct |
| 29 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 32 give | nsubj |
| 30 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 32 give | aux |
| 31 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 32 give | advmod |
| 32 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 said | ccomp |
| 33 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 32 give | iobj |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 inheritance | det |
| 35 | inheritance | inheritance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 give | obj |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 fathers | case |
| 37 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 fathers | nmod:poss |
| 38 | fathers | father | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 inheritance | nmod |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 32 give | punct |
| 40 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 32 give | punct |
| 41 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 laid | cc |
| 42 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 laid | nsubj |
| 43 | laid | lay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 came | conj |
| 44 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 laid | obj |
| 45 | down | down | ADP | _ | 43 laid | compound:prt |
| 46 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 48 bed | case |
| 47 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 48 bed | nmod:poss |
| 48 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 laid | obl |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 turned | punct |
| 50 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 turned | cc |
| 51 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 laid | conj |
| 52 | away | away | ADP | _ | 51 turned | compound:prt |
| 53 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 54 face | nmod:poss |
| 54 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 turned | obj |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 eat | punct |
| 56 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 58 eat | cc |
| 57 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 58 eat | aux |
| 58 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 51 turned | conj |
| 59 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 60 bread | det |
| 60 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 eat | obj |
| 61 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 came | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- promise
- voice
- character
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- kept the draft
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | Ahab | Ahab's house | sullen property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into house=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | speak speech: other | past · perfect | Naboth | the word | Ahab | tree rules | |||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past · perfect | Naboth | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | not give | future | I | the inheritance of my fathers | thee | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient inheritance=Theme | |||
| 5 | lay down | past | Naboth | Ahab | Naboth's bed | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme upon bed=Destination | |||
| 6 | turn away | past | Naboth not said here | Naboth's face | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Theme | ||||
| 7 | eat | would | Naboth not said here | no bread | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Patient | ||||
| 8 | inherit | my fathers | nom inheritance «act 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
וַיָּבֹא֩ אַחְאָ֨ב אֶל־בֵּית֜וֹ סַ֣ר וְזָעֵ֗ף עַל־הַדָּבָר֙ אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּ֣ר אֵלָ֗יו נָבוֹת֙ הַיִּזְרְעֵאלִ֔י וַיֹּ֕אמֶר לֹֽא־אֶתֵּ֥ן לְךָ֖ אֶת־נַחֲלַ֣ת אֲבוֹתָ֑י וַיִּשְׁכַּב֙ עַל־מִטָּת֔וֹ וַיַּסֵּ֥ב אֶת־פָּנָ֖יו וְלֹֽא־אָ֥כַל לָֽחֶם׃
1 Kings 21:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:1KI:775 of Mova's parse database.
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