--- title: 2 Kings 23:13 (JPS 1917) — And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the ri… · tree and pragmatics description: And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the detestation of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the detestation of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.710/) [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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI/23/) / [23:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.23.13/) / JPS 1 # 2 Kings 23:13 · JPS 1917 And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the detestation of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the detestation of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile. **Who acts:** high places, Solomon · **What happens:** be, build, defile, detest · **To what, where:** right hand, mount, Zidonians, Moab This is 2 Kings 23:13 · 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 (high places, Solomon), 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:710 # text = And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the detestation of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the detestation of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 nsubj _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 6 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 before before ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 acl:relcl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 11 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 acl:relcl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 mount mount NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 corruption corruption NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 obj _ _ 23 Solomon Solomon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 appos _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 builded build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl:relcl _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Ashtoreth Ashtoreth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 detestation detestation NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 appos _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 Zidonians Zidonians PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 Chemosh Chemosh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 detestation detestation NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 appos _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 Moab Moab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 Milcom Milcom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 abomination abomination NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 appos _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nmod _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 Ammon Ammon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 nmod _ _ 56 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 57 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nsubj _ _ 60 defile defile VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 61 . . PUNCT . _ 60 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the high places | | | | before Jerusalem | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | the high places | | | the right hand | | of the mount of corruption | tree rules | | 3 | **build** | past · perfect | Solomon | the mount of corruption | | | | for Ashtoreth and Chemosh and Milcom | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent which=Product for ashtoreth=Beneficiary | | 4 | **defile** | past · do-support | the high places | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **detest** | | | the Zidonians | | | | | nom detestation «feeling transitive»: of=patient | | 6 | **detest** | | | Moab | | | | | nom detestation «feeling 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} וְֽאֶת־הַבָּמ֞וֹת אֲשֶׁ֣ר ׀ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם אֲשֶׁר֮ מִימִ֣ין לְהַר־הַמַּשְׁחִית֒ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּ֠נָה שְׁלֹמֹ֨ה מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל לְעַשְׁתֹּ֣רֶת ׀ שִׁקֻּ֣ץ צִידֹנִ֗ים וְלִכְמוֹשׁ֙ שִׁקֻּ֣ץ מוֹאָ֔ב וּלְמִלְכֹּ֖ם תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת בְּנֵֽי־עַמּ֑וֹן טִמֵּ֖א הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ [2 Kings 23:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.23.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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