Esther 2:8 · JPS 1917
So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was published, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the castle, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was taken into the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
Who acts: form, king · What happens: come, pass, publish, gather, take, command · To what, where: commandment, many maidens, Esther, house · Speech: someone speaks here
This is Esther 2:8 · 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 (form, 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 3 came | advmod |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 came | nsubj |
| 3 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 pass | mark |
| 5 | pass | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 came | xcomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 published | punct |
| 7 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 16 published | mark |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 king | det |
| 9 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 commandment | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 king | case |
| 11 | commandment | commandment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 published | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 decree | cc |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 decree | nmod:poss |
| 14 | decree | decree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 commandment | conj |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 published | aux:pass |
| 16 | published | publish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 came | advcl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 gathered | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 gathered | cc |
| 19 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 23 gathered | mark |
| 20 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 maidens | amod |
| 21 | maidens | maiden | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 gathered | nsubj:pass |
| 22 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 gathered | aux:pass |
| 23 | gathered | gather | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 published | conj |
| 24 | together | together | ADV | _ | 23 gathered | advmod |
| 25 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 26 Shushan | case |
| 26 | Shushan | Shushan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 gathered | obl |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 castle | det |
| 28 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 Shushan | appos |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 custody | punct |
| 30 | to | to | ADP | _ | 32 custody | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 custody | det |
| 32 | custody | custody | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 gathered | obl |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 Hegai | case |
| 34 | Hegai | Hegai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 custody | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 taken | punct |
| 36 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 39 taken | mark |
| 37 | Esther | Esther | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 taken | nsubj:pass |
| 38 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 taken | aux:pass |
| 39 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 came | ccomp |
| 40 | into | into | ADP | _ | 44 house | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 king | det |
| 42 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 house | nmod:poss |
| 43 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 42 king | case |
| 44 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 taken | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 custody | punct |
| 46 | to | to | ADP | _ | 48 custody | case |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 custody | det |
| 48 | custody | custody | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 taken | obl |
| 49 | of | of | ADP | _ | 50 Hegai | case |
| 50 | Hegai | Hegai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 48 custody | nmod |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 keeper | punct |
| 52 | keeper | keeper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 Hegai | appos |
| 53 | of | of | ADP | _ | 55 women | case |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 women | det |
| 55 | women | woman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 52 keeper | nmod |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 came | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- assert
- voice
- narrator
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- kept the draft
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | form | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | pass | to-infinitive | form not said here | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | publish | past · passive | the king's commandment and king's decree | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | |||||
| 4 | gather | past · passive | many maidens | unto Shushan; to the custody of Hegai; together property | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to custody=Co-Patient | ||||
| 5 | take | past · passive | Esther | the king's house | to the custody of Hegai | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme into house=Destination | |||
| 6 | command | the king | nom commandment «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 7 | decree | king | nom decree «communication intransitive»: 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
וַיְהִ֗י בְּהִשָּׁמַ֤ע דְּבַר־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ וְדָת֔וֹ וּֽבְהִקָּבֵ֞ץ נְעָר֥וֹת רַבּ֛וֹת אֶל־שׁוּשַׁ֥ן הַבִּירָ֖ה אֶל־יַ֣ד הֵגָ֑י וַתִּלָּקַ֤ח אֶסְתֵּר֙ אֶל־בֵּ֣ית הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אֶל־יַ֥ד הֵגַ֖י שֹׁמֵ֥ר הַנָּשִֽׁים׃
Esther 2:8: 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:30 of Mova's parse database.
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