--- title: 2 Kings 23:6 (JPS 1917) — And he brought out the Asherah from the house of the LORD, without J… · tree and pragmatics description: And he brought out the Asherah from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the common people. 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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 (king), 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:703 # text = And he brought out the Asherah from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the common people. 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 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Asherah Asherah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 without without ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 unto unto ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 brook brook NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 Kidron Kidron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 appos _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 burned burn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 brook brook NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 Kidron Kidron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 flat _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 stamped stamp VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 powder powder NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 cast cast VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 powder powder NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 upon upon ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 graves grave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nmod _ _ 49 . . 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 | **bring out** | past | king | the Asherah | | the house of the LORD | | without Jerusalem | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent asherah=Patient | | 2 | **burn** | past | king *not said here* | house | | the brook | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 3 | **stamp** | past | king *not said here* | house | powder | | | small *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Patient to powder=Recipient | | 4 | **cast** | past | king *not said here* | the powder | | the graves of the common people | | | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent powder=Theme upon grave=Destination | 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} וַיֹּצֵ֣א אֶת־הָאֲשֵׁרָה֩ מִבֵּ֨ית יְהוָ֜ה מִח֤וּץ לִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ אֶל־נַ֣חַל קִדְר֔וֹן וַיִּשְׂרֹ֥ף אֹתָ֛הּ בְּנַ֥חַל קִדְר֖וֹן וַיָּ֣דֶק לְעָפָ֑ר וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ֙ אֶת־עֲפָרָ֔הּ עַל־קֶ֖בֶר בְּנֵ֥י הָעָֽם׃ [2 Kings 23:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.23.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2KI:703` 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 23:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.702/) - next →: [2 Kings 23:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.704/) - ↑ back to [2 Kings 23:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.23.6/)