Esther 8:8 · JPS 1917
Write ye also concerning the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring; for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.'
Who acts: ye, hand, man, king · What happens: write, like, seal, reverse, name · To what, where: you, name, hand, writing
This is Esther 8:8 · 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 (ye, hand, man, king), 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 | Write | write | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 1 Write | nsubj |
| 3 | also | also | ADV | _ | 1 Write | advmod |
| 4 | concerning | concern | ADP | _ | 6 Jews | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Jews | det |
| 6 | Jews | Jew | PROPN | Number=Plur | 1 Write | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 liketh | punct |
| 8 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 10 liketh | mark |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 liketh | nsubj |
| 10 | liketh | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Write | advcl |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 liketh | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 name | punct |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 name | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 king | det |
| 15 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 name | nmod:poss |
| 16 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 15 king | case |
| 17 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 liketh | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 seal | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 seal | cc |
| 20 | seal | seal | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Write | conj |
| 21 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 seal | obj |
| 22 | with | with | ADP | _ | 26 ring | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 king | det |
| 24 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 ring | nmod:poss |
| 25 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 24 king | case |
| 26 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 seal | obl |
| 27 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 30 writing | punct |
| 28 | for | for | ADP | _ | 30 writing | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 writing | det |
| 30 | writing | writing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 reverse | obl |
| 31 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 33 written | nsubj:pass |
| 32 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 33 written | aux:pass |
| 33 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 30 writing | acl:relcl |
| 34 | in | in | ADP | _ | 38 name | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 king | det |
| 36 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 name | nmod:poss |
| 37 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 36 king | case |
| 38 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 written | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 sealed | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 sealed | cc |
| 41 | sealed | seal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 33 written | conj |
| 42 | with | with | ADP | _ | 46 ring | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 king | det |
| 44 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 ring | nmod:poss |
| 45 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 44 king | case |
| 46 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 sealed | obl |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 writing | punct |
| 48 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 51 reverse | aux |
| 49 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 50 man | det |
| 50 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 reverse | nsubj |
| 51 | reverse | reverse | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Write | parataxis |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Write | punct |
| 53 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 1 Write | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- request
- voice
- narrator
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- changed act=request
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | infinitive | ye | concern the Jews | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | like | present | hand | you | the king's name | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot you=Theme | |||
| 3 | seal | infinitive | ye not said here | hand | with the king's ring | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with ring=Instrument | |||
| 4 | write | present · passive | the writing | the king's name | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in name=Destination | ||||
| 5 | seal | participle | with the king's ring | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with ring=Instrument | |||||
| 6 | reverse | may | no man | for the writing | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 7 | name | the king | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 8 | name | the king | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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
וְ֠אַתֶּם כִּתְב֨וּ עַל־הַיְּהוּדִ֜ים כַּטּ֤וֹב בְּעֵֽינֵיכֶם֙ בְּשֵׁ֣ם הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְחִתְמ֖וּ בְּטַבַּ֣עַת הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ כִּֽי־כְתָ֞ב אֲשֶׁר־נִכְתָּ֣ב בְּשֵׁם־הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ וְנַחְתּ֛וֹם בְּטַבַּ֥עַת הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֵ֥ין לְהָשִֽׁיב׃
Esther 8:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:EST:135 of Mova's parse database.
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