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title: 2 Chronicles 34:3 (JPS 1917) — For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he bega… · tree and pragmatics
description: For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten images. Who acts: Josiah. 2 Chronicles 34:3 in J
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# 2 Chronicles 34:3 · JPS 1917

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For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten images.

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**Who acts:** Josiah · **What happens:** be, begin, seek, purge · **To what, where:** Judah

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This is 2 Chronicles 34:3 · 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 (Josiah), 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:798
# text = For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten images.
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	17	cc	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	eighth	eighth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	reign	reign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
10	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	advcl	_	_
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	seek	seek	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	xcomp	_	_
20	after	after	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	David	David	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	_
25	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	appos	_	_
27	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	34	punct	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
29	in	in	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	twelfth	twelfth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	_
33	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
34	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	conj	_	_
35	to	to	PART	TO	_	36	mark	_	_
36	purge	purge	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	xcomp	_	_
37	Judah	Judah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	obj	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
39	Jerusalem	Jerusalem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	conj	_	_
40	from	from	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
42	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	amod	_	_
43	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	obl	_	_
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	Asherim	Asherim	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	conj	_	_
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
51	graven	graven	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
52	images	image	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	47	conj	_	_
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
54	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
56	molten	molten	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	57	amod	_	_
57	images	image	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	52	conj	_	_
58	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Josiah |  |  |  | yet | young *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **begin** | past | Josiah |  |  |  | year |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **seek** | to-infinitive | Josiah *not said here* |  |  |  | after the God of David |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **begin** | past | Josiah |  |  |  | year |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 5 | **purge** | to-infinitive | Josiah *not said here* | Judah and Jerusalem |  |  |  | from the high places and the Asherim and the graven images and the molten images | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer judah=Source from place=Theme |

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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}

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וּבִשְׁמוֹנֶ֨ה שָׁנִ֜ים לְמָלְכ֗וֹ וְהוּא֙ עוֹדֶ֣נּוּ נַ֔עַר הֵחֵ֕ל לִדְר֕וֹשׁ לֵאלֹהֵ֖י דָּוִ֣יד אָבִ֑יו וּבִשְׁתֵּ֧ים עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה שָׁנָ֗ה הֵחֵל֙ לְטַהֵ֔ר אֶת־יְהוּדָה֙ וִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם מִן־הַבָּמוֹת֙ וְהָ֣אֲשֵׁרִ֔ים וְהַפְּסִלִ֖ים וְהַמַּסֵּכֽוֹת׃

[2 Chronicles 34:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.34.3/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2CH:798` of Mova's parse database.

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