--- title: 2 Kings 23:15 (JPS 1917) — Moreover the altar that was at Beth-el, and the high place which Jer… · tree and pragmatics description: Moreover the altar that was at Beth-el, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he broke down; and he burned the high place and stamped it small to powder, and burned the Asherah. 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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 (altar, Jeroboam, Israel), 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:712 # text = Moreover the altar that was at Beth-el, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he broke down; and he burned the high place and stamped it small to powder, and burned the Asherah. 1 Moreover moreover ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 dislocated _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 Beth Beth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ _ 9 el el PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 acl:relcl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 15 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 obj _ _ 16 Jeroboam Jeroboam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 appos _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Nebat Nebat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 24 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 sin sin VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 acl:relcl _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 even even ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 32 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 det _ _ 33 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 40 down down ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 burned burn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 stamped stamp VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 xcomp _ _ 52 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 powder powder NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 burned burn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 Asherah Asherah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 59 . . PUNCT . _ 39 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 | **is** | past | the altar and the high place | | | Beth el | | | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | past | Jeroboam | Israel | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **sin** | to-infinitive | Israel *not said here* | | | | | | vn rebel-71.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **make** | past · perfect | Jeroboam | the high place | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Product | | 5 | **break down** | past | Jeroboam | that altar and the high place | | | | the altar and the high place *dislocated*; moreover *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent altar=Patient | | 6 | **burn** | past | Jeroboam | the high place | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent place=Theme | | 7 | **stamp** | past | Jeroboam *not said here* | altar | | | | small *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Destination | | 8 | **burn** | past | Jeroboam *not said here* | the Asherah | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent asherah=Theme | 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} וְגַ֨ם אֶת־הַמִּזְבֵּ֜חַ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּבֵֽית־אֵ֗לבֵֽית־אֵ֗ל הַבָּמָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשָׂ֜ה יָרָבְעָ֤ם בֶּן־נְבָט֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הֶחֱטִ֣יא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל גַּ֣ם אֶת־הַמִּזְבֵּ֧חַ הַה֛וּא וְאֶת־הַבָּמָ֖ה נָתָ֑ץ וַיִּשְׂרֹ֧ף אֶת־הַבָּמָ֛ה הֵדַ֥ק לְעָפָ֖ר וְשָׂרַ֥ף אֲשֵׁרָֽה׃ [2 Kings 23:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.23.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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