2 Kings 11:18 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 of 2
And all the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and broke it down; his altars and his images broke they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
Who acts: people, Baal · What happens: go, break down, break, slay, image · To what, where: house, altars, pieces, Mattan
This is 2 Kings 11:18 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 of 2 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 (people, Baal), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 went | cc |
| 2 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 people | det:predet |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 people | det |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 went | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 land | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 land | det |
| 7 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 people | nmod |
| 8 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 house | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 house | det |
| 11 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 went | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 Baal | case |
| 13 | Baal | Baal | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 house | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 broke | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 broke | cc |
| 16 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 went | conj |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 broke | obj |
| 18 | down | down | ADP | _ | 16 broke | compound:prt |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 25 broke | punct |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 altars | nmod:poss |
| 21 | altars | altar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 broke | obj |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 images | cc |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 images | nmod:poss |
| 24 | images | image | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 altars | conj |
| 25 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 went | conj |
| 26 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 broke | nsubj |
| 27 | in | in | ADP | _ | 28 pieces | case |
| 28 | pieces | piece | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 broke | obl |
| 29 | thoroughly | thoroughly | ADV | _ | 25 broke | advmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 slew | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 slew | cc |
| 32 | slew | slay | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 broke | conj |
| 33 | Mattan | Mattan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 slew | obj |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 priest | det |
| 35 | priest | priest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 Mattan | appos |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 Baal | case |
| 37 | Baal | Baal | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 priest | nmod |
| 38 | before | before | ADP | _ | 40 altars | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 altars | det |
| 40 | altars | altar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 slew | obl |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 went | punct |
Pragmatics
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | all people of the land | the house of Baal | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | break down | past | all people of the land not said here | house | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||||
| 3 | break | past | people | Baal's altars and Baal's images | pieces | thoroughly property | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer altar=Patient | ||
| 4 | slay | past | people not said here | Mattan | before the altars | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mattan=Patient | |||
| 5 | image | Baal | nom image «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
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
וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ כָל־עַם֩ הָאָ֨רֶץ בֵּית־הַבַּ֜עַל וַֽיִּתְּצֻ֗הוּ אֶת־מִזְבְּחֹתָ֤יו וְאֶת־צְלָמָיו֙ שִׁבְּר֣וּ הֵיטֵ֔ב וְאֵ֗ת מַתָּן֙ כֹּהֵ֣ן הַבַּ֔עַל הָרְג֖וּ לִפְנֵ֣י הַֽמִּזְבְּח֑וֹת וַיָּ֧שֶׂם הַכֹּהֵ֛ן פְּקֻדּ֖וֹת עַל־בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃
2 Kings 11:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →
This verse in JPS 1917:
- And all the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and broke it down; his altars and his images broke they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
- And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:2KI:359 of Mova's parse database.
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