--- title: 2 Kings 15:28 (JPS 1917) — And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; he departed… · tree and pragmatics description: And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin. 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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 (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:476 # text = And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; 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 : _ 16 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 departed depart VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 sins sin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Jeroboam Jeroboam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 appos _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Nebat Nebat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 wherewith wherewith ADV WRB PronType=Rel 30 obl _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 31 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 sin sin VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 34 . . 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 | Israel | 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** **depart** | past | Israel | | | the sins of Jeroboam | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from sin=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **make** | past | Israel | Israel | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **sin** | to-infinitive | Israel *not said here* | | | | | | vn rebel-71.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **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} וַיַּ֥עַשׂ הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה לֹ֣א סָ֗ר מִן־חַטֹּאות֙ יָרָבְעָ֣ם בֶּן־נְבָ֔ט אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶחֱטִ֖יא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ [2 Kings 15:28: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.15.28/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2KI:476` 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 Kings 15:27 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.475/) - next →: [2 Kings 15:29 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.477/) - ↑ back to [2 Kings 15:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.15.28/)