--- title: 2 Chronicles 36:12 (JPS 1917) — and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God; he… · tree and pragmatics description: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God; he humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the LORD. 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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 (Zedekiah, prophet), 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:874 # text = and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God; he humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth 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 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obj _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 acl:relcl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 appos _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 humbled humble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 20 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 18 obj _ _ 21 before before ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Jeremiah Jeremiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 prophet prophet NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 appos _ _ 25 speaking speak VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 acl _ _ 26 from from ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Zedekiah | that | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | the sight of the LORD | | evil *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **humble** | past | Zedekiah | Zedekiah | | | before Jeremiah | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus himself=Experiencer | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | the prophet *not said here* | | | the mouth of the LORD | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 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} וַיַּ֣עַשׂ הָרַ֔ע בְּעֵינֵ֖י יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֑יו לֹ֣א נִכְנַ֗ע מִלִּפְנֵ֛י יִרְמְיָ֥הוּ הַנָּבִ֖יא מִפִּ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ [2 Chronicles 36:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.36.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2CH:874` 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 36:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.873/) - next →: [2 Chronicles 36:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.875/) - ↑ back to [2 Chronicles 36:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.36.12/)