Esther 8:5 אֶסְתֵּר

Who acts: Haman, sceptre, I, thing, king, Jews · What happens: say, please, find, seem, be, let · To what, where: king, favour, sight, eyes, sceptre, letters · Speech: someone speaks in this verse

This is Esther 8:5 from Mova's open Bible corpus, the Tanakh in three languages (Ketuvim — the Writings). The page gives the verse in Hebrew as the Westminster Leningrad Codex has it, its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, built from MACULA Hebrew — and its pragmatics: who acts — Haman, sceptre, I, thing, king, Jews — and what happens in the verse to king, favour, sight, eyes, sceptre, letters, read clause by clause by Mova's frames. Beside it stand the Aramaic of the Targum and the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, each English sentence with a tree of its own. It is one of the 10 chapters of Esther on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between.

וַ֠תֹּאמֶר אִם־עַל־הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ ט֜וֹב וְאִם־מָצָ֧אתִי חֵ֣ן לְפָנָ֗יו וְכָשֵׁ֤ר הַדָּבָר֙ לִפְנֵ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְטוֹבָ֥ה אֲנִ֖י בְּעֵינָ֑יו יִכָּתֵ֞ב לְהָשִׁ֣יב אֶת־הַסְּפָרִ֗ים מַחֲשֶׁ֜בֶת הָמָ֤ן בֶּֽן־הַמְּדָ֙תָא֙ הָאֲגָגִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֣ר כָּתַ֗ב לְאַבֵּד֙ אֶת־הַיְּהוּדִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּכָל־מְדִינ֥וֹת הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

And she said: 'If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews that are in all the king's provinces;

The tree

Right to left, as the Hebrew is read; a prefix or suffix is a word of its own, and a line under the words joins those written as one. Under each word its part of speech and MACULA's English gloss.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation	gloss
1	וַ֠	וְ	CCONJ	_	2 תֹּאמֶר	cc	and
2	תֹּאמֶר	אָמַר	VERB	Gender=Fem HebBinyan=QAL Number=Sing Person=3	root	root	she said
3	אִם־	אִם	SCONJ	_	7 ט֜וֹב	mark	if
4	עַל־	עַל	ADP	_	6 מֶּ֨לֶךְ	case	[is] on
5	הַ	הַ	DET	PronType=Art	6 מֶּ֨לֶךְ	det	the
6	מֶּ֨לֶךְ	מֶלֶךְ	NOUN	Gender=Masc Number=Sing	7 ט֜וֹב	obl	king
7	ט֜וֹב	טוֹב	ADJ	Gender=Masc Number=Sing	29 יִכָּתֵ֞ב	parataxis	good
8	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	10 מָצָ֧אתִי	cc	and
9	אִם־	אִם	SCONJ	_	10 מָצָ֧אתִי	mark	if
10	מָצָ֧אתִי	מָצָא	VERB	Gender=Com HebBinyan=QAL Number=Sing Person=1	7 ט֜וֹב	conj	I have found
11	חֵ֣ן	חֵן	NOUN	Gender=Masc Number=Sing	10 מָצָ֧אתִי	obj	favor
12	לְ	לְ	ADP	_	13 פָנָ֗י	case	before
13	פָנָ֗י	פָּנֶה	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 מָצָ֧אתִי	obl
14	ו	הוּא	PRON	Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 פָנָ֗י	nmod:poss	him
15	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	16 כָשֵׁ֤ר	cc	and
16	כָשֵׁ֤ר	כָּשֵׁר	VERB	Gender=Masc HebBinyan=QAL Number=Sing Person=3	10 מָצָ֧אתִי	conj	it is proper
17	הַ	הַ	DET	PronType=Art	18 דָּבָר֙	det	the
18	דָּבָר֙	דָּבָר	NOUN	Gender=Masc Number=Sing	16 כָשֵׁ֤ר	nsubj	matter
19	לִ	לְ	ADP	_	20 פְנֵ֣י	case	before
20	פְנֵ֣י	פָּנֶה	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 כָשֵׁ֤ר	obl
21	הַ	הַ	DET	PronType=Art	22 מֶּ֔לֶךְ	det	the
22	מֶּ֔לֶךְ	מֶלֶךְ	NOUN	Gender=Masc Number=Sing	20 פְנֵ֣י	compound:smixut	king
23	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	24 טוֹבָ֥ה	cc	and [am]
24	טוֹבָ֥ה	טוֹב	ADJ	Gender=Fem Number=Sing	10 מָצָ֧אתִי	conj	good
25	אֲנִ֖י	אֲנִי	PRON	Gender=Com Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	24 טוֹבָ֥ה	nsubj	I
26	בְּ	בְּ	ADP	_	27 עֵינָ֑י	case	in
27	עֵינָ֑י	עַיִן	NOUN	Number=Dual	24 טוֹבָ֥ה	obl	eyes
28	ו	הוּא	PRON	Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 עֵינָ֑י	nmod:poss	his
29	יִכָּתֵ֞ב	כָּתַב	VERB	Gender=Masc HebBinyan=NIPHAL Number=Sing Person=3	2 תֹּאמֶר	ccomp	let it be written
30	לְ	לְ	ADP	_	31 הָשִׁ֣יב	case	to
31	הָשִׁ֣יב	שׁוּב	VERB	HebBinyan=HIPHIL	29 יִכָּתֵ֞ב	advcl	revoke
32	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	34 סְּפָרִ֗ים	case	(et)
33	הַ	הַ	DET	PronType=Art	34 סְּפָרִ֗ים	det	the
34	סְּפָרִ֗ים	סֵפֶר	NOUN	Gender=Masc Number=Plur	31 הָשִׁ֣יב	obj	letters
35	מַחֲשֶׁ֜בֶת	מַחֲשֶׁבֶת	NOUN	Gender=Fem Number=Sing	34 סְּפָרִ֗ים	appos	the plan
36	הָמָ֤ן	הָמָן	PROPN	_	35 מַחֲשֶׁ֜בֶת	compound:smixut	of Haman
37	בֶּֽן־	בֵּן	NOUN	Gender=Masc Number=Sing	36 הָמָ֤ן	appos	the son
38	הַמְּדָ֙תָא֙	הַמְּדָתָא	PROPN	_	37 בֶּֽן־	compound:smixut	of Hammedatha
39	הָ	הַ	DET	PronType=Art	40 אֲגָגִ֔י	det	the
40	אֲגָגִ֔י	אֲגָגִי	NOUN	Gender=Masc Number=Sing	36 הָמָ֤ן	appos	Agagite
41	אֲשֶׁ֣ר	אֲשֶׁר	SCONJ	_	42 כָּתַ֗ב	mark	which
42	כָּתַ֗ב	כָּתַב	VERB	Gender=Masc HebBinyan=QAL Number=Sing Person=3	35 מַחֲשֶׁ֜בֶת	acl:relcl	he wrote
43	לְ	לְ	ADP	_	44 אַבֵּד֙	case	to
44	אַבֵּד֙	אָבַד	VERB	HebBinyan=PIEL	42 כָּתַ֗ב	advcl	destroy
45	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	47 יְּהוּדִ֔ים	case	(et)
46	הַ	הַ	DET	PronType=Art	47 יְּהוּדִ֔ים	det	the
47	יְּהוּדִ֔ים	יְהוּדִי	NOUN	Gender=Masc Number=Plur	44 אַבֵּד֙	obj	Jews
48	אֲשֶׁ֖ר	אֲשֶׁר	SCONJ	_	50 כָל־	mark	who
49	בְּ	בְּ	ADP	_	50 כָל־	case	[are] in
50	כָל־	כֹּל	NOUN	Gender=Masc Number=Sing	47 יְּהוּדִ֔ים	acl:relcl	all
51	מְדִינ֥וֹת	מְדִינָה	NOUN	Gender=Fem Number=Plur	50 כָל־	compound:smixut	the provinces
52	הַ	הַ	DET	PronType=Art	53 מֶּֽלֶךְ	det	of
53	מֶּֽלֶךְ	מֶלֶךְ	NOUN	Gender=Masc Number=Sing	51 מְדִינ֥וֹת	compound:smixut	the king
54	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	53 מֶּֽלֶךְ	punct

Pragmatics

form: command
act: request
voice: character
speech: a frame and its quote
negation: no
the frame alone: decl · narrate · none

verb	form · stem	who (A0)	what, whom (A1)
תֹּאמֶר she said	wayyiqtol · qal
מָצָאתִי I have found	qatal · qal		חֵן favor
כָשֵׁר it is proper	qatal · qal	דָּבָר matter
הָשִׁיב revoke	infinitive construct · hiphil		סְּפָרִים letters
כָּתַב he wrote	qatal · qal	הָמָן of Haman	מַחֲשֶׁבֶת the plan
אַבֵּד destroy	infinitive construct · piel	הָמָן of Haman	יְּהוּדִים Jews

MACULA's semantic frames: for each verb the head word of each participant. A0 is the one who acts, A1 what the act is done to or is about, A2 a further participant; AA, with a causative verb, the one who makes it happen.

The Targum

וַאֲמָרַת אִין עַל מַלְכָּא שַׁפִּיר וְאִין אַשְׁכָּחִית רַחֲמִין קֳדָמוֹהִי וְתַקִין פִּתְגָמָא קֳדָם מַלְכָּא וְטָבְתָא אֲנָא קֳדָמוֹי בְּעֵינוֹי יַפְקֵד מַלְכָּא וְיָשִׂים טְעֵם לְמִכְתַּב לְמֶהֱוֵי תַיְבִין פִּטְקַיָא זִמְיוֹנֵי דְהָמָן בַּר הַמְדָתָא דְמִן יִחוּס אֲגַג דִי כָּתַב לְהוֹבָדָא יַת כָּל יְהוּדָאִין דִי בְּכָל פִּלְכֵי מַלְכָּא:

The Aramaic translation read beside the Hebrew. Text only: Mova has no Aramaic parser yet.

English, JPS 1917

Each sentence on its own page, with its tree and pragmatics. A sentence that runs on into the next verse is listed under the verse it begins in.

And she said: 'If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews that are in all the king's provinces;

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex, public domain. Tree, glosses and frames: MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets, available at github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-hebrew, CC BY 4.0; converted to Universal Dependencies by Mova (words in text order, a prefix its own word). Speech act: Mova's rules on the MACULA words (macula prag). Targum: Onkelos (Torat Emet), Jonathan and the Writings (Mikraot Gedolot), from Sefaria, public domain.

English: JPS 1917, public domain; trees and speech acts by Mova's cycle, frames by Mova's reader (Elamur Cosmic License).

Hebrew sentence wlc:EST:119.

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