--- title: 2 Kings 15:9 (JPS 1917) — And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fath… · tree and pragmatics description: And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done; he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin. Who acts: Zechariah, fathers, Israel. 2 Kings 15:9 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.456/) [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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI/15/) / [15:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.15.9/) / JPS 1 # 2 Kings 15:9 · JPS 1917 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done; he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin. **Who acts:** Zechariah, fathers, Israel · **What happens:** do, be, not depart, make, sin, sight · **To what, where:** that, sight, sins, Israel, LORD This is 2 Kings 15:9 · 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 (Zechariah, fathers, Israel), 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:456 # text = And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done; he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin. 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 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 departed depart VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 24 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 sins sin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Jeroboam Jeroboam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 appos _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 Nebat Nebat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 wherewith wherewith ADV WRB PronType=Rel 36 advmod _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 37 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 sin sin VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 40 . . 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 | Zechariah | 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 | **do** | past · perfect | Zechariah's fathers | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **depart** | past | Zechariah | | | the sins of Jeroboam | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from sin=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **make** | past | Zechariah | Israel | | | | wherewith *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **sin** | to-infinitive | Israel *not said here* | | | | | | vn rebel-71.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **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} וַיַּ֤עַשׂ הָרַע֙ בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשׂ֖וּ אֲבֹתָ֑יו לֹ֣א סָ֗ר מֵֽחַטֹּאות֙ יָרָבְעָ֣ם בֶּן־נְבָ֔ט אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶחֱטִ֖יא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ [2 Kings 15:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.15.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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