2 Kings 23:16 · JPS 1917

And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount; and he sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and defiled it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.

Who acts: Josiah, sepulchres, man, God · What happens: turn, spy, be, send, take, burn · To what, where: Josiah, sepulchres, mount, bones, altar, LORD

This is 2 Kings 23:16 · 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 (Josiah, sepulchres, man, God), 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 spied	cc
2	as	as	SCONJ	_	4 turned	mark
3	Josiah	Josiah	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 turned	nsubj
4	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 spied	advcl
5	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 turned	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 turned	punct
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 spied	nsubj
8	spied	spy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sepulchres	det
10	sepulchres	sepulchre	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 spied	obj
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 there	nsubj
12	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 there	cop
13	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 sepulchres	acl:relcl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 mount	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 mount	det
16	mount	mount	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 there	obl
17	;	;	PUNCT	_	20 sent	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 sent	cc
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 sent	nsubj
20	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 spied	conj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 took	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 took	cc
23	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 sent	conj
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 bones	det
25	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 took	obj
26	out	out	ADP	_	29 sepulchres	case
27	of	of	ADP	_	29 sepulchres	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 sepulchres	det
29	sepulchres	sepulchre	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 took	obl
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 burned	punct
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 burned	cc
32	burned	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 sent	conj
33	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 burned	obj
34	upon	upon	ADP	_	36 altar	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 altar	det
36	altar	altar	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 burned	obl
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 defiled	punct
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 defiled	cc
39	defiled	defile	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 sent	conj
40	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 defiled	obj
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 word	punct
42	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	45 word	case
43	to	to	ADP	_	42 according	fixed
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 word	det
45	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 defiled	obl
46	of	of	ADP	_	48 LORD	case
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 LORD	det
48	LORD	LORD	PROPN	Number=Sing	45 word	nmod
49	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	54 proclaimed	obj
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 man	det
51	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 proclaimed	nsubj
52	of	of	ADP	_	53 God	case
53	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	51 man	nmod
54	proclaimed	proclaim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 LORD	acl:relcl
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 proclaimed	punct
56	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	57 proclaimed	nsubj
57	proclaimed	proclaim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	53 God	acl:relcl
58	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	59 things	det
59	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	57 proclaimed	obj
60	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 spied	punct

Pragmatics

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	turn	past	Josiah	Josiah			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent himself=Theme
2	spy	past	Josiah	the sepulchres			vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sepulchre=Stimulus
3	is	past	the sepulchres		the mount	there property	tree rules
4	send	past	Josiah				vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	take	past	Josiah not said here	the bones	the sepulchres		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent bone=Theme out sepulchre=Initial_Location
6	burn	past	Josiah not said here	bones = bone		upon the altar	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme
7	defile	past	Josiah not said here	altar		accord the word of the LORD	tree rules
8	accord	gerund					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
9	proclaim	past	the man of God	the LORD			vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme
10	proclaim	past	God	this things			vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme
11	word			the LORD			nom word «communication 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

וַיִּ֣פֶן יֹאשִׁיָּ֗הוּ וַיַּ֨רְא אֶת־הַקְּבָרִ֤ים אֲשֶׁר־שָׁם֙ בָּהָ֔ר וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח וַיִּקַּ֤ח אֶת־הָֽעֲצָמוֹת֙ מִן־הַקְּבָרִ֔ים וַיִּשְׂרֹ֥ף עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ וַֽיְטַמְּאֵ֑הוּ כִּדְבַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר קָרָא֙ אִ֣ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר קָרָ֔א אֶת־הַדְּבָרִ֖ים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃

2 Kings 23:16: 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:713 of Mova's parse database.

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