Esther 6:6 · JPS 1917, sentence 2 of 2
And the king said unto him: 'What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour?' — Now Haman said in his heart: 'Whom would the king delight to honour besides myself?' —
Who acts: king, Haman · What happens: say, do, delight, honour · To what, where: man, heart · Speech: someone speaks here
This is Esther 6:6 · JPS 1917, sentence 2 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 (king, Haman), 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 | _ | 4 said | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 king | det |
| 3 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 said | nsubj |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 6 him | case |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 said | obl |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 12 done | punct |
| 8 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 12 done | punct |
| 9 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 12 done | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 done | aux |
| 11 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 12 done | aux:pass |
| 12 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 said | ccomp |
| 13 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 15 man | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 man | det |
| 15 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 done | obl |
| 16 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 delighteth | obj |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 king | det |
| 18 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 delighteth | nsubj |
| 19 | delighteth | delight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 man | acl:relcl |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 honour | mark |
| 21 | honour | honour | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 delighteth | xcomp |
| 22 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 12 done | punct |
| 23 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 12 done | punct |
| 24 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 27 said | punct |
| 25 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 27 said | advmod |
| 26 | Haman | Haman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 said | nsubj |
| 27 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 said | parataxis |
| 28 | in | in | ADP | _ | 30 heart | case |
| 29 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 heart | nmod:poss |
| 30 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 said | obl |
| 31 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 37 delight | punct |
| 32 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 37 delight | punct |
| 33 | Whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 37 delight | obj |
| 34 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 37 delight | aux |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 king | det |
| 36 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 delight | nsubj |
| 37 | delight | delight | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 said | ccomp |
| 38 | to | to | PART | _ | 39 honour | mark |
| 39 | honour | honour | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 delight | xcomp |
| 40 | besides | besides | ADP | _ | 41 myself | case |
| 41 | myself | myself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 39 honour | obl |
| 42 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 37 delight | punct |
| 43 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 37 delight | punct |
| 44 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 said | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- wh-question
- act
- ask
- voice
- character
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- changed polarity=none
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the king | unto Haman | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | do | shall · passive | unto the man | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | delight | present | the king | the man | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | honour | to-infinitive | the king not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | say speech: assert | past | Haman | Haman's heart | now | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||
| 6 | delight | would | the king | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | honour | to-infinitive | the king not said here | besides myself | tree rules |
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
וַיָּבוֹא֮ הָמָן֒ וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לוֹ֙ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ מַה־לַעֲשׂ֕וֹת בָּאִ֕ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ חָפֵ֣ץ בִּיקָר֑וֹ וַיֹּ֤אמֶר הָמָן֙ בְּלִבּ֔וֹ לְמִ֞י יַחְפֹּ֥ץ הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת יְקָ֖ר יוֹתֵ֥ר מִמֶּֽנִּי׃
Esther 6:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →
This verse in JPS 1917:
- So Haman came in.
- And the king said unto him: 'What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour?' — Now Haman said in his heart: 'Whom would the king delight to honour besides myself?' —
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:EST:101 of Mova's parse database.
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