Esther 2:9 · JPS 1917
And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her ointments, with her portions, and the seven maidens, who were meet to be given her out of the king's house; and he advanced her and her maidens to the best place in the house of the women.
Who acts: maiden, Esther, seven maidens · What happens: please, obtain, give, be, advance · To what, where: Esther, kindness, ointments, maiden, house, best place
This is Esther 2:9 · 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 (maiden, Esther, seven maidens), 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 pleased | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 maiden | det |
| 3 | maiden | maiden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pleased | nsubj |
| 4 | pleased | please | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 pleased | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 obtained | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 obtained | cc |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 obtained | nsubj |
| 9 | obtained | obtain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 pleased | conj |
| 10 | kindness | kindness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 obtained | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 him | case |
| 12 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 kindness | nmod |
| 13 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 17 gave | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 gave | cc |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 gave | nsubj |
| 16 | speedily | speedily | ADV | _ | 17 gave | advmod |
| 17 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 pleased | conj |
| 18 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 gave | iobj |
| 19 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 ointments | nmod:poss |
| 20 | ointments | ointment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 gave | obj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 portions | punct |
| 22 | with | with | ADP | _ | 24 portions | case |
| 23 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 portions | nmod:poss |
| 24 | portions | portion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 ointments | nmod |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 maidens | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 maidens | cc |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 maidens | det |
| 28 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 29 maidens | nummod |
| 29 | maidens | maiden | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 ointments | conj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 meet | punct |
| 31 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 33 meet | nsubj |
| 32 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 meet | cop |
| 33 | meet | meet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 maidens | acl:relcl |
| 34 | to | to | PART | _ | 36 given | mark |
| 35 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 36 given | aux:pass |
| 36 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 33 meet | xcomp |
| 37 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 given | obj |
| 38 | out | out | ADP | _ | 43 house | case |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 house | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 king | det |
| 41 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 house | nmod:poss |
| 42 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 41 king | case |
| 43 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 given | obl |
| 44 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 47 advanced | punct |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 advanced | cc |
| 46 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 advanced | nsubj |
| 47 | advanced | advance | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 pleased | conj |
| 48 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 advanced | obj |
| 49 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 maidens | cc |
| 50 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 maidens | nmod:poss |
| 51 | maidens | maiden | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 advanced | conj |
| 52 | to | to | ADP | _ | 55 place | case |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 place | det |
| 54 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 55 place | amod |
| 55 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 advanced | obl |
| 56 | in | in | ADP | _ | 58 house | case |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 house | det |
| 58 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 place | nmod |
| 59 | of | of | ADP | _ | 61 women | case |
| 60 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 61 women | det |
| 61 | women | woman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 58 house | nmod |
| 62 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 pleased | punct |
Pragmatics
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | please | past | the maiden | Esther | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | obtain | past | maiden | kindness of Esther | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kindness=Theme | ||||
| 3 | give | past | Esther | maiden's ointments and the seven maidens | maiden | with maiden's portions; speedily property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient ointment=Theme | ||
| 4 | is | past | the seven maidens | meet property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | give | to-infinitive · passive | the seven maidens not said here | maiden | the king's house | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: she=Theme | |||
| 6 | advance | past | Esther | maiden | to the best place in the house of the women goal | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent she=Theme to place=Goal |
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
וַתִּיטַ֨ב הַנַּעֲרָ֣ה בְעֵינָיו֮ וַתִּשָּׂ֣א חֶ֣סֶד לְפָנָיו֒ וַ֠יְבַהֵל אֶת־תַּמְרוּקֶ֤יהָ וְאֶת־מָנוֹתֶ֙הָ֙ לָתֵ֣ת לָ֔הּ וְאֵת֙ שֶׁ֣בַע הַנְּעָר֔וֹת הָרְאֻי֥וֹת לָֽתֶת־לָ֖הּ מִבֵּ֣ית הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַיְשַׁנֶּ֧הָ וְאֶת־נַעֲרוֹתֶ֛יהָ לְט֖וֹב בֵּ֥ית הַנָּשִֽׁים׃
Esther 2:9: 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:31 of Mova's parse database.
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