--- title: 2 Kings 21:7 (JPS 1917) — And he set the graven image of Asherah, that he had made, in the hou… · tree and pragmatics description: And he set the graven image of Asherah, that he had made, in the house of which the LORD said to David and to Solomon his son: 'In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put My name for ever; Who acts: LORD, I, My. 2 Kings 21:7 in JPS 1917 with its --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.658/) [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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI/21/) / [21:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.21.7/) / JPS 1 # 2 Kings 21:7 · JPS 1917 And he set the graven image of Asherah, that he had made, in the house of which the LORD said to David and to Solomon his son: 'In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put My name for ever; **Who acts:** LORD, I, My · **What happens:** set, make, say, choose out, put, image · **To what, where:** graven image, house, David, Jerusalem, tribes, name · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Kings 21:7 · 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 (LORD, I, My), 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:658 # text = And he set the graven image of Asherah, that he had made, in the house of which the LORD said to David and to Solomon his son: 'In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put My name for ever; 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 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 graven graven ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 image image NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Asherah Asherah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 obj _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 acl:relcl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 obl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Solomon Solomon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 appos _ _ 30 : : PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ _ 31 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 54 punct _ _ 32 In in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 34 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 conj _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 obj _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 38 acl:relcl _ _ 44 out out ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 44 fixed _ _ 46 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 48 det:predet _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 tribes tribe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 52 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 53 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 ccomp _ _ 55 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 57 for for ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 ever ever ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 59 ; ; PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | past | LORD | the graven image of Asherah | | the house | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent image=Theme in house=Destination | | 2 | **make** | past · perfect | LORD | the graven image of Asherah | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Product | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the LORD | | David and Solomon | | | of the house | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to david=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 4 | **choose out** | present · perfect | I | Jerusalem | | all tribes of Israel | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent which=Beneficiary tribe=Theme | | 5 | **put** | future | I | My name | | this house and Jerusalem | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent name=Theme in house=Destination | | 6 | **image** | | | Asherah | | | | | nom image «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **name** | | My | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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} וַיָּ֕שֶׂם אֶת־פֶּ֥סֶל הָאֲשֵׁרָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה בַּבַּ֗יִת אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־דָּוִד֙ וְאֶל־שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה בְנ֔וֹ בַּבַּ֨יִת הַזֶּ֜ה וּבִירוּשָׁלִַ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֤ר בָּחַ֙רְתִּי֙ מִכֹּל֙ שִׁבְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אָשִׂ֥ים אֶת־שְׁמִ֖י לְעוֹלָֽם׃ [2 Kings 21:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.21.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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