Esther 8:9 · JPS 1917

Then were the king's scribes called at that time, in the third month, which is the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded concerning the Jews, even to the satraps, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, a hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.

Who acts: third month, Mordecai, provinces, Jews · What happens: call, be, write, accord, command · To what, where: scribes, month, hand, India · Speech: someone speaks here

This is Esther 8:9 · 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 (third month, Mordecai, provinces, Jews), 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	7 called	advmod
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 called	aux:pass
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scribes	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 king	case
6	scribes	scribe	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 called	nsubj:pass
7	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 time	case
9	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 time	det
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 called	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 month	punct
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 month	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 month	det
14	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	15 month	amod
15	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 called	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 month	punct
17	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 month	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 month	cop
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 month	det
20	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 month	acl:relcl
21	Sivan	Sivan	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 month	appos
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 day	punct
23	on	on	ADP	_	28 day	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 day	det
25	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	28 day	nummod
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 three	cc
27	twentieth	twentieth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 three	conj
28	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 month	obl
29	thereof	thereof	ADV	_	28 day	advmod
30	;	;	PUNCT	_	34 written	punct
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 written	cc
32	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 written	nsubj:pass
33	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 written	aux:pass
34	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 called	conj
35	according	accord	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	37 all	case
36	to	to	ADP	_	35 according	fixed
37	all	all	PRON	PronType=Tot	34 written	obl
38	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	40 commanded	obj
39	Mordecai	Mordecai	PROPN	Number=Sing	40 commanded	nsubj
40	commanded	command	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 all	acl:relcl
41	concerning	concern	ADP	_	43 Jews	case
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 Jews	det
43	Jews	Jew	PROPN	Number=Plur	40 commanded	obl
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 satraps	punct
45	even	even	ADV	_	48 satraps	advmod
46	to	to	ADP	_	48 satraps	case
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 satraps	det
48	satraps	satrap	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 commanded	obl
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 governors	punct
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 governors	cc
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 governors	det
52	governors	governor	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 satraps	conj
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 princes	cc
54	princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 governors	conj
55	of	of	ADP	_	57 provinces	case
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 provinces	det
57	provinces	province	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 governors	nmod
58	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	61 India	nsubj
59	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	61 India	cop
60	from	from	ADP	_	61 India	case
61	India	India	PROPN	Number=Sing	57 provinces	acl:relcl
62	unto	unto	ADP	_	63 Ethiopia	case
63	Ethiopia	Ethiopia	PROPN	Number=Sing	61 India	nmod
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 provinces	punct
65	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	66 hundred	det
66	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	70 provinces	nummod
67	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	70 provinces	nummod
68	and	and	CCONJ	_	69 seven	cc
69	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	67 twenty	conj
70	provinces	province	NOUN	Number=Plur	63 Ethiopia	appos
71	,	,	PUNCT	_	74 province	punct
72	unto	unto	ADP	_	74 province	case
73	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	74 province	det
74	province	province	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 commanded	obl
75	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	78 writing	case
76	to	to	ADP	_	75 according	fixed
77	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	78 writing	det
78	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 province	nmod
79	thereof	thereof	ADV	_	78 writing	advmod
80	,	,	PUNCT	_	84 people	punct
81	and	and	CCONJ	_	84 people	cc
82	unto	unto	ADP	_	84 people	case
83	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	84 people	det
84	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	74 province	conj
85	after	after	ADP	_	87 language	case
86	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	87 language	nmod:poss
87	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	84 people	nmod
88	,	,	PUNCT	_	92 Jews	punct
89	and	and	CCONJ	_	92 Jews	cc
90	to	to	ADP	_	92 Jews	case
91	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	92 Jews	det
92	Jews	Jew	PROPN	Number=Plur	84 people	conj
93	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	96 writing	case
94	to	to	ADP	_	93 according	fixed
95	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	96 writing	nmod:poss
96	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	92 Jews	nmod
97	,	,	PUNCT	_	102 language	punct
98	and	and	CCONJ	_	102 language	cc
99	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	102 language	case
100	to	to	ADP	_	99 according	fixed
101	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	102 language	nmod:poss
102	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	96 writing	conj
103	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 called	punct

Pragmatics

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past · passive		the king's scribes		then; month; time		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
2	is a	present	the third month	the month		day		tree rules
3	write	past · passive		hand			accord all	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
4	accord	gerund						vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
5	command	past	Mordecai				concern the Jews; to the satraps and the governors of the provinces and princes; unto every province accord the writing and every people after Jews's language and the Jews accord Jews's writing and Jews's language	vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality
6	is	present	the provinces		India		unto Ethiopia	tree rules
7	accord	gerund						vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
8	accord	gerund						vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
9	accord	gerund						vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
10	write		Jews = jew					nom writing «act 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

וַיִּקָּרְא֣וּ סֹפְרֵֽי־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ בָּֽעֵת־הַ֠הִיא בַּחֹ֨דֶשׁ הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֜י הוּא־חֹ֣דֶשׁ סִיוָ֗ן בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁ֣ה וְעֶשְׂרִים֮ בּוֹ֒ וַיִּכָּתֵ֣ב כְּֽכָל־אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֣ה מָרְדֳּכַ֣י אֶל־הַיְּהוּדִ֡ים וְאֶ֣ל הָאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנִֽים־וְהַפַּחוֹת֩ וְשָׂרֵ֨י הַמְּדִינ֜וֹת אֲשֶׁ֣ר ׀ מֵהֹ֣דּוּ וְעַד־כּ֗וּשׁ שֶׁ֣בַע וְעֶשְׂרִ֤ים וּמֵאָה֙ מְדִינָ֔ה מְדִינָ֤ה וּמְדִינָה֙ כִּכְתָבָ֔הּ וְעַ֥ם וָעָ֖ם כִּלְשֹׁנ֑וֹ וְאֶ֨ל־הַיְּהוּדִ֔ים כִּכְתָבָ֖ם וְכִלְשׁוֹנָֽם׃

Esther 8:9: 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:136 of Mova's parse database.

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