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title: 2 Kings 22:17 (JPS 1917) — because they have forsaken Me, and have offered unto other gods, tha… · tree and pragmatics
description: because they have forsaken Me, and have offered unto other gods, that they might provoke Me with all the work of their hands; therefore My wrath shall be kindled against this place, and it shall not be quenched. Who acts: inhabitants, hands. 2 Kings 22:17 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the
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# 2 Kings 22:17 · JPS 1917

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because they have forsaken Me, and have offered unto other gods, that they might provoke Me with all the work of their hands; therefore My wrath shall be kindled against this place, and it shall not be quenched.

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**Who acts:** inhabitants, hands · **What happens:** forsake, offer, provoke, kindle, not quench, work · **To what, where:** Me, wrath

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This is 2 Kings 22:17 · 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 (inhabitants, hands), 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:694
# text = because they have forsaken Me, and have offered unto other gods, that they might provoke Me with all the work of their hands; therefore My wrath shall be kindled against this place, and it shall not be quenched.
1	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	forsaken	forsake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	Me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	offered	offer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
10	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
15	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
16	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	provoke	provoke	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
18	Me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	with	with	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	22	det:predet	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
25	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nmod	_	_
26	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	32	punct	_	_
27	therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
28	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	29	nmod:poss	_	_
29	wrath	wrath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nsubj:pass	_	_
30	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
31	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	32	aux:pass	_	_
32	kindled	kindle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	_
33	against	against	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	35	det	_	_
35	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	_
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
38	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	nsubj:pass	_	_
39	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	42	aux	_	_
40	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	42	advmod	_	_
41	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	42	aux:pass	_	_
42	quenched	quench	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	32	conj	_	_
43	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- polarity: neg
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forsake** | present · perfect | inhabitants *= inhabitant* | Me |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **offer** | present · perfect | inhabitants *= inhabitant* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | unto other gods | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **provoke** | might | inhabitants *= inhabitant* | Me |  |  |  | with all work of inhabitants's hands | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer |
| 4 | **kindle** | shall · passive |  | My wrath |  |  |  | against this place; therefore *property* | vn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 5 | **not** **quench** | shall · passive |  | wrath |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
| 6 | **work** |  | inhabitants's hands |  |  |  |  |  | nom work «act intransitive»: of=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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תַּ֣חַת ׀ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עֲזָב֗וּנִי וַֽיְקַטְּרוּ֙ לֵאלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים לְמַ֙עַן֙ הַכְעִיסֵ֔נִי בְּכֹ֖ל מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה יְדֵיהֶ֑ם וְנִצְּתָ֧ה חֲמָתִ֛י בַּמָּק֥וֹם הַזֶּ֖ה וְלֹ֥א תִכְבֶּֽה׃

[2 Kings 22:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.22.17/)

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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:694` of Mova's parse database.

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