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title: 2 Kings 17:15 (JPS 1917) — and they rejected His statutes, and His covenant that He made with t… · tree and pragmatics
description: and they rejected His statutes, and His covenant that He made with their fathers, and His testimonies wherewith He testified against them; and they went after things of nought, and became nought, and after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them that they sh
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# 2 Kings 17:15 · JPS 1917

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and they rejected His statutes, and His covenant that He made with their fathers, and His testimonies wherewith He testified against them; and they went after things of nought, and became nought, and after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them that they should not do like them;

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**Who acts:** commandments, LORD, nations · **What happens:** reject, make, testify, go, become, be · **To what, where:** statutes, covenant, commandments

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This is 2 Kings 17:15 · 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 (commandments, LORD, nations), 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:522
# text = and they rejected His statutes, and His covenant that He made with their fathers, and His testimonies wherewith He testified against them; and they went after things of nought, and became nought, and after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them that they should not do like them;
1	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rejected	reject	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|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	statutes	statute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	covenant	covenant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obj	_	_
11	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	fathers	father	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	testimonies	testimony	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
20	wherewith	wherewith	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	22	advmod	_	_
21	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
22	testified	testify	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	acl:relcl	_	_
23	against	against	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	obl	_	_
25	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	28	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
27	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
28	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
29	after	after	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	obl	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	nought	nought	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	_
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
35	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	conj	_	_
36	nought	nought	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	xcomp	_	_
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
39	after	after	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	nations	nation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	conj	_	_
42	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	44	nsubj	_	_
43	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	44	cop	_	_
44	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	acl:relcl	_	_
45	about	about	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
46	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	obl	_	_
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
48	concerning	concern	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	53	obl	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	53	nsubj	_	_
52	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	53	aux	_	_
53	charged	charge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	41	acl:relcl	_	_
54	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	obj	_	_
55	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	59	mark	_	_
56	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	59	nsubj	_	_
57	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	59	aux	_	_
58	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	59	advmod	_	_
59	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	53	ccomp	_	_
60	like	like	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
61	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	59	obl	_	_
62	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- 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 | **reject** | past | commandments *= commandment* | LORD's statutes |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statute=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | past | LORD | LORD's covenant |  |  |  | with commandments's fathers | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Product |
| 3 | **testify** *speech: other* | past | LORD |  |  |  |  | against commandments *= commandment*; wherewith *property* | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **go** | past | commandments *= commandment* |  |  |  | after things of nought and the nations |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **become** | past | commandments *= commandment* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | nought *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 6 | **is** | past | the nations |  |  |  |  | about commandments *= commandment*; round *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **charge** | past · perfect | the LORD | commandments *= commandment* |  |  |  | concern the nations | tree rules |
| 8 | **not** **do** | should | commandments *= commandment* |  |  |  |  | like fathers *= father* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **covenant** |  | LORD |  |  |  |  |  | nom covenant «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |
| 10 | **testify** |  | LORD |  |  |  |  |  | nom testimony «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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וַיִּמְאֲס֣וּ אֶת־חֻקָּ֗יו וְאֶת־בְּרִיתוֹ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר כָּרַ֣ת אֶת־אֲבוֹתָ֔ם וְאֵת֙ עֵֽדְוֺתָ֔יו אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֵעִ֖יד בָּ֑ם וַיֵּ֨לְכ֜וּאַחֲרֵ֤י הַהֶ֙בֶל֙ וַיֶּהְבָּ֔לוּ וְאַחֲרֵ֤י הַגּוֹיִם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר סְבִֽיבֹתָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר צִוָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ אֹתָ֔ם לְבִלְתִּ֖י עֲשׂ֥וֹת כָּהֶֽם׃

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2KI:522` of Mova's parse database.

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