2 Kings 18:4 · JPS 1917

He removed the high places, and broke the pillars, and cut down the Asherah; and he broke in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made; for unto those days the children of Israel did offer to it; and it was called Nehushtan.

Who acts: Hezekiah, Moses, children · What happens: remove, break, cut down, make, offer, call · To what, where: high places, pillars, Asherah, brazen serpent, pieces, serpent · Speech: someone speaks here

This is 2 Kings 18:4 · 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 (Hezekiah, Moses, children), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 removed	nsubj
2	removed	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 places	det
4	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 places	amod
5	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 removed	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 broke	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 broke	cc
8	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 removed	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pillars	det
10	pillars	pillar	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 broke	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 cut	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 cut	cc
13	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 removed	conj
14	down	down	ADP	_	13 cut	compound:prt
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Asherah	det
16	Asherah	Asherah	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 cut	obj
17	;	;	PUNCT	_	20 broke	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 broke	cc
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 broke	nsubj
20	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 removed	conj
21	in	in	ADP	_	22 pieces	case
22	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 broke	obl
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 serpent	det
24	brazen	brazen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 serpent	amod
25	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 broke	obj
26	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	29 made	obj
27	Moses	Moses	PROPN	Number=Sing	29 made	nsubj
28	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 made	aux
29	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	25 serpent	acl:relcl
30	;	;	PUNCT	_	40 offer	punct
31	for	for	SCONJ	_	40 offer	mark
32	unto	unto	ADP	_	34 days	case
33	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	34 days	det
34	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 offer	obl
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 children	det
36	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 offer	nsubj
37	of	of	ADP	_	38 Israel	case
38	Israel	Israel	PROPN	Number=Sing	36 children	nmod
39	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 offer	aux
40	offer	offer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 broke	conj
41	to	to	ADP	_	42 it	case
42	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 offer	obl
43	;	;	PUNCT	_	47 called	punct
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 called	cc
45	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 called	nsubj:pass
46	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 called	aux:pass
47	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 removed	conj
48	Nehushtan	Nehushtan	PROPN	Number=Sing	47 called	xcomp
49	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 removed	punct

Pragmatics

form: statement
act: assert
voice: narrator
polarity: none
teacher: kept the draft

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	remove	past	Hezekiah	the high places			vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme
2	break	past	Hezekiah not said here	the pillars			vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pillar=Patient
3	cut down	past	Hezekiah not said here	the Asherah			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset asherah=Product
4	break	past	Hezekiah	the brazen serpent	pieces		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer serpent=Patient
5	make	past · perfect	Moses	the brazen serpent			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Product
6	offer	past · do-support	the children of Israel		serpent	day	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to it=Goal
7	call	past · passive		serpent			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

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

ה֣וּא ׀ הֵסִ֣יר אֶת־הַבָּמ֗וֹת וְשִׁבַּר֙ אֶת־הַמַּצֵּבֹ֔ת וְכָרַ֖ת אֶת־הָֽאֲשֵׁרָ֑ה וְכִתַּת֩ נְחַ֨שׁ הַנְּחֹ֜שֶׁת אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֣ה מֹשֶׁ֗ה כִּ֣י עַד־הַיָּמִ֤ים הָהֵ֙מָּה֙ הָי֤וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מְקַטְּרִ֣ים ל֔וֹ וַיִּקְרָא־ל֖וֹ נְחֻשְׁתָּֽן׃

2 Kings 18:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →

Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:2KI:553 of Mova's parse database.

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