--- title: 2 Kings 21:16 (JPS 1917) — Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled… · tree and pragmatics description: Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight 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 (Manasseh, Judah), 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:667 # text = Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD. 1 Moreover moreover ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 Manasseh Manasseh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 shed shed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 innocent innocent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 much much ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 till till SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 13 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 another another PRON DT PronType=Ind 16 nmod _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 20 beside beside ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 sin sin NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 23 wherewith wherewith ADV WRB PronType=Rel 25 obl _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 26 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 sin sin VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 in in SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 31 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 32 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 obj _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 35 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 acl:relcl _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shed** | past | Manasseh | innocent blood | | Manasseh's sin | | moreover *property* | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location blood=Source | | 2 | **fill** | past · perfect | Manasseh | Jerusalem | | | from one end to another | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent jerusalem=Patient | | 3 | **make** | past | Manasseh | Judah | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **sin** | to-infinitive | Judah *not said here* | | | | | | vn rebel-71.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **do** | gerund | Manasseh *not said here* | that | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 6 | **is** | past | | | | the sight of the LORD | | evil *property* | tree rules | | 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} וְגַם֩ דָּ֨ם נָקִ֜י שָׁפַ֤ךְ מְנַשֶּׁה֙ הַרְבֵּ֣ה מְאֹ֔ד עַ֛ד אֲשֶׁר־מִלֵּ֥א אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם פֶּ֣ה לָפֶ֑ה לְבַ֤ד מֵֽחַטָּאתוֹ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הֶחֱטִ֣יא אֶת־יְהוּדָ֔ה לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ [2 Kings 21:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.21.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2KI:667` 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 21:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.666/) - next →: [2 Kings 21:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.668/) - ↑ back to [2 Kings 21:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.21.16/)