Esther 7:8 · JPS 1917, sentence 2 of 2
Then said the king: 'Will he even force the queen before me in the house?' As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.
Who acts: king, Haman, word · What happens: say, force, go out, cover · To what, where: queen, house, face · Speech: someone speaks here
This is Esther 7:8 · 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, word), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 said | advmod |
| 2 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 king | det |
| 4 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 said | nsubj |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 force | punct |
| 6 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 10 force | punct |
| 7 | Will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 force | aux |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 force | nsubj |
| 9 | even | even | ADV | _ | 10 force | advmod |
| 10 | force | force | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 said | ccomp |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 queen | det |
| 12 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 force | obj |
| 13 | before | before | ADP | _ | 14 me | case |
| 14 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 force | obl |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 house | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 house | det |
| 17 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 force | obl |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 10 force | punct |
| 19 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 10 force | punct |
| 20 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 23 went | mark |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 word | det |
| 22 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 went | nsubj |
| 23 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 covered | advcl |
| 24 | out | out | ADP | _ | 23 went | advmod |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 mouth | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 king | det |
| 27 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 mouth | nmod:poss |
| 28 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 27 king | case |
| 29 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 went | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 went | punct |
| 31 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 covered | nsubj |
| 32 | covered | cover | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 said | parataxis |
| 33 | Haman | Haman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 face | nmod:poss |
| 34 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 33 Haman | case |
| 35 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 covered | obj |
| 36 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 said | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- yes/no question
- act
- ask
- voice
- character
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- kept the draft
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the king | then | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | force | future | Haman | the queen | the house | before me | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Recipient | ||
| 3 | go out | past | the word | of the king's mouth | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | cover | past | king | Haman's face | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme face=Destination |
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
וְהַמֶּ֡לֶךְ שָׁב֩ מִגִּנַּ֨ת הַבִּיתָ֜ן אֶל־בֵּ֣ית ׀ מִשְׁתֵּ֣ה הַיַּ֗יִן וְהָמָן֙ נֹפֵ֔ל עַל־הַמִּטָּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶסְתֵּ֣ר עָלֶ֔יהָ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ הֲ֠גַם לִכְבּ֧וֹשׁ אֶת־הַמַּלְכָּ֛ה עִמִּ֖י בַּבָּ֑יִת הַדָּבָ֗ר יָצָא֙ מִפִּ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וּפְנֵ֥י הָמָ֖ן חָפֽוּ׃ס
Esther 7:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →
This verse in JPS 1917:
- Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the couch whereon Esther was.
- Then said the king: 'Will he even force the queen before me in the house?' As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:EST:121 of Mova's parse database.
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