--- title: 2 Chronicles 33:6 (JPS 1917) — He also made his children to pass through the fire in the valley of… · tree and pragmatics description: He also made his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he practised soothsaying, and used enchantments, and practised sorcery, and appointed them that divined by a ghost or a familiar spirit; he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke 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 (LORD, children), 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:2CH:775 # text = He also made his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he practised soothsaying, and used enchantments, and practised sorcery, and appointed them that divined by a ghost or a familiar spirit; he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 also also ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 8 through through ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 valley valley NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Hinnom Hinnom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 practised practise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 23 soothsaying soothsay NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 27 enchantments enchantment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 practised practise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 31 sorcery sorcery NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 appointed appoint VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 37 divined divine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 38 by by ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 ghost ghost NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 or or CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 familiar familiar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ _ 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 wrought work VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 48 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 to to PART TO _ 58 mark _ _ 58 provoke provoke VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 advcl _ _ 59 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obj _ _ 60 . . 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 | **make** | past | LORD | LORD's children | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | LORD's children *not said here* | | | the fire | | in the valley of the son of Hinnom | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through fire=Location | | 3 | **practise** | past | LORD | soothsaying | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **use** | past | LORD *not said here* | enchantments | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enchantment=Patient | | 5 | **practise** | past | LORD *not said here* | sorcery | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **appoint** | past | LORD *not said here* | enchantments *= enchantment* | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 7 | **divine** | past | | | | | | by a ghost or a familiar spirit | tree rules | | 8 | **work** | past | LORD | much evil | | the sight of the LORD | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent evil=Material | | 9 | **provoke** | to-infinitive | LORD *not said here* | LORD | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 10 | **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} וְהוּא֩ הֶעֱבִ֨יר אֶת־בָּנָ֤יו בָּאֵשׁ֙ בְּגֵ֣י בֶנ־הִנֹּ֔ם גֵ֣י בֶנ־הִנֹּ֔םגֵ֣י בֶנ־הִנֹּ֔ם וְעוֹנֵ֤ן וְנִחֵשׁ֙ וְֽכִשֵּׁ֔ף וְעָ֥שָׂה א֖וֹב וְיִדְּעוֹנִ֑י הִרְבָּ֗ה לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת הָרַ֛ע בְּעֵינֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה לְהַכְעִיסֽוֹ׃ [2 Chronicles 33:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.33.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2CH:775` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [2 Chronicles 33:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.774/) - next →: [2 Chronicles 33:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.776/) - ↑ back to [2 Chronicles 33:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.33.6/)