Esther 3:6 · JPS 1917

But it seemed contemptible in his eyes to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai; wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.

Who acts: hands, Haman, Jews · What happens: seem, lay, make, know, seek, destroy · To what, where: wrath, hands, Mordecai, people, Jews

This is Esther 3:6 · 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 (hands, Haman, 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	3 seemed	cc
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 seemed	expl
3	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	contemptible	contemptible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 seemed	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 eyes	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 eyes	nmod:poss
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 seemed	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 lay	mark
9	lay	lay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 seemed	csubj
10	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 lay	obj
11	on	on	ADP	_	12 Mordecai	case
12	Mordecai	Mordecai	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 lay	obl
13	alone	alone	ADV	_	12 Mordecai	advmod
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	18 made	punct
15	for	for	SCONJ	_	18 made	mark
16	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 made	nsubj
17	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 made	aux
18	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 seemed	advcl
19	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 made	xcomp
20	to	to	ADP	_	21 him	case
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 known	obl
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 people	det
23	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 known	obj
24	of	of	ADP	_	25 Mordecai	case
25	Mordecai	Mordecai	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 people	nmod
26	;	;	PUNCT	_	29 sought	punct
27	wherefore	wherefore	SCONJ	_	29 sought	mark
28	Haman	Haman	PROPN	Number=Sing	29 sought	nsubj
29	sought	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 seemed	parataxis
30	to	to	PART	_	31 destroy	mark
31	destroy	destroy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	29 sought	xcomp
32	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	34 Jews	det:predet
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 Jews	det
34	Jews	Jew	PROPN	Number=Plur	31 destroy	obj
35	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	40 kingdom	nsubj
36	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 kingdom	cop
37	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	40 kingdom	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 kingdom	det
39	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 kingdom	amod
40	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 Jews	acl:relcl
41	of	of	ADP	_	42 Ahasuerus	case
42	Ahasuerus	Ahasuerus	PROPN	Number=Sing	40 kingdom	nmod
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 people	punct
44	even	even	ADV	_	46 people	advmod
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 people	det
46	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	42 Ahasuerus	appos
47	of	of	ADP	_	48 Mordecai	case
48	Mordecai	Mordecai	PROPN	Number=Sing	46 people	nmod
49	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 seemed	punct

Pragmatics

form: statement
act: narrate
voice: narrator
polarity: none
hedged: yes
teacher: kept the draft

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seem	past		wrath				in Mordecai's eyes; contemptible property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Theme in eye=Attribute
2	lay	to-infinitive		hands		Mordecai			vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme on mordecai=Destination
3	make	past · perfect	hands = hand						tree rules
4	know	participle	hands = hand not said here	the people of Mordecai	Mordecai				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus
5	seek	past	Haman						tree rules
6	destroy not said to happen	to-infinitive	Haman not said here	all Jews					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jew=Patient
7	is	past	all Jews				throughout the whole kingdom	of Ahasuerus	tree rules

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

וַיִּ֣בֶז בְּעֵינָ֗יו לִשְׁלֹ֤חיָד֙ בְּמָרְדֳּכַ֣י לְבַדּ֔וֹ כִּֽי־הִגִּ֥ידוּ ל֖וֹ אֶת־עַ֣ם מָרְדֳּכָ֑י וַיְבַקֵּ֣שׁ הָמָ֗ן לְהַשְׁמִ֧יד אֶת־כָּל־הַיְּהוּדִ֛ים אֲשֶׁ֛ר בְּכָל־מַלְכ֥וּת אֲחַשְׁוֵר֖וֹשׁ עַ֥ם מָרְדֳּכָֽי׃

Esther 3:6: 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:53 of Mova's parse database.

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