--- title: 2 Kings 23:25 (JPS 1917) — And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the L… · tree and pragmatics description: And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him. 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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, any), 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:722 # text = And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 like like ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 unto unto ADP IN _ 2 fixed _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 5 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 5 expl _ _ 7 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 8 det _ _ 8 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 9 before before ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nmod _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 20 det:predet _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 26 det:predet _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 32 det:predet _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 might might NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 case _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 34 fixed _ _ 36 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 38 det:predet _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 42 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 45 cc _ _ 43 after after ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ _ 45 arose arise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 46 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 45 expl _ _ 47 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 45 nsubj _ _ 48 like like ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nmod _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | no king before Josiah | | | there | | like Josiah | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **turn** | past | no king before Josiah | | | | | to the LORD *result*; with Josiah's heart and Josiah's soul and Josiah's might; accord all law of Moses | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to lord=Result | | 3 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **arise** | past | any | | | there | after Josiah | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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} וְכָמֹהוּ֩ לֹֽא־הָיָ֨ה לְפָנָ֜יו מֶ֗לֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־שָׁ֤ב אֶל־יְהוָה֙ בְּכָל־לְבָב֤וֹ וּבְכָל־נַפְשׁוֹ֙ וּבְכָל־מְאֹד֔וֹ כְּכֹ֖ל תּוֹרַ֣ת מֹשֶׁ֑ה וְאַחֲרָ֖יו לֹֽא־קָ֥ם כָּמֹֽהוּ׃ [2 Kings 23:25: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.23.25/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2KI:722` 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 23:24 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.721/) - next →: [2 Kings 23:26 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.723/) - ↑ back to [2 Kings 23:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.23.25/)