Esther 3:12 · JPS 1917

Then were the king's scribes called in the first month, on the thirteenth day thereof, and there was written, according to all that Haman commanded, unto the king's satraps, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the princes of every people; to every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and it was sealed with the king's ring.

Who acts: Haman, governors · What happens: call, write, accord, command, be, seal · To what, where: scribes, province, silver, name, king Ahasuerus · Speech: someone speaks here

This is Esther 3:12 · 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 (Haman, governors), 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	in	in	ADP	_	11 month	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 month	det
10	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 month	amod
11	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 called	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 day	punct
13	on	on	ADP	_	16 day	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 day	det
15	thirteenth	thirteenth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 day	amod
16	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 called	obl
17	thereof	thereof	ADV	_	16 day	advmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 written	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 written	cc
20	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	22 written	expl
21	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 written	aux:pass
22	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 called	conj
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 all	punct
24	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	26 all	case
25	to	to	ADP	_	24 according	fixed
26	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	22 written	obl
27	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	29 commanded	obj
28	Haman	Haman	PROPN	Number=Sing	29 commanded	nsubj
29	commanded	command	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 all	acl:relcl
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 satraps	punct
31	unto	unto	ADP	_	35 satraps	case
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 king	det
33	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 satraps	nmod:poss
34	's	's	PART	_	33 king	case
35	satraps	satrap	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 written	obl
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 governors	punct
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 governors	cc
38	to	to	ADP	_	40 governors	case
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 governors	det
40	governors	governor	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 satraps	conj
41	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	45 province	nsubj
42	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 province	cop
43	over	over	ADP	_	45 province	case
44	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	45 province	det
45	province	province	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 governors	acl:relcl
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 princes	punct
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	50 princes	cc
48	to	to	ADP	_	50 princes	case
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 princes	det
50	princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 satraps	conj
51	of	of	ADP	_	53 people	case
52	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	53 people	det
53	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	50 princes	nmod
54	;	;	PUNCT	_	57 province	punct
55	to	to	ADP	_	57 province	case
56	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	57 province	det
57	province	province	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 written	obl
58	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP VerbForm=Ger	61 writing	case
59	to	to	ADP	_	58 according	fixed
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 writing	det
61	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 province	nmod
62	thereof	thereof	ADV	_	61 writing	advmod
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 people	punct
64	and	and	CCONJ	_	67 people	cc
65	to	to	ADP	_	67 people	case
66	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	67 people	det
67	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	61 writing	conj
68	after	after	ADP	_	70 language	case
69	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	70 language	nmod:poss
70	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 people	nmod
71	;	;	PUNCT	_	80 written	punct
72	in	in	ADP	_	74 name	case
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 name	det
74	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 written	obl
75	of	of	ADP	_	77 Ahasuerus	case
76	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 Ahasuerus	compound
77	Ahasuerus	Ahasuerus	PROPN	Number=Sing	74 name	nmod
78	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	80 written	aux:pass
79	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	80 written	nsubj:pass
80	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 called	parataxis
81	,	,	PUNCT	_	85 sealed	punct
82	and	and	CCONJ	_	85 sealed	cc
83	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	85 sealed	nsubj:pass
84	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	85 sealed	aux:pass
85	sealed	seal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	80 written	conj
86	with	with	ADP	_	90 ring	case
87	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	88 king	det
88	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	90 ring	nmod:poss
89	's	's	PART	_	88 king	case
90	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	85 sealed	obl
91	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 called	punct

Pragmatics

form: statement
act: assert
voice: narrator
polarity: none
teacher: changed polarity=none

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call speech: assert	past · passive		the king's scribes		then; day; month		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
2	write	past · passive			there		accord all; unto the king's satraps and the governors and the princes of every people	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»
3	accord	gerund						vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
4	command	past	Haman					vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality
5	is	past	the governors		every province			tree rules
6	accord	gerund						vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
7	write	past · passive		silver	the name of king Ahasuerus		to every province accord the writing and every people after people's language	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in name=Destination
8	seal	past · passive		silver			with the king's ring	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with ring=Instrument
9	name			king Ahasuerus				nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient

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

וַיִּקָּרְאוּ֩ סֹפְרֵ֨י הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָרִאשׁ֗וֹן בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁ֨ה עָשָׂ֣ר יוֹם֮ בּוֹ֒ וַיִּכָּתֵ֣ב כְּֽכָל־אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֣ה הָמָ֡ן אֶ֣ל אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנֵֽי־הַ֠מֶּלֶךְ וְֽאֶל־הַפַּח֞וֹת אֲשֶׁ֣ר ׀ עַל־מְדִינָ֣ה וּמְדִינָ֗ה וְאֶל־שָׂ֤רֵי עַם֙ וָעָ֔ם מְדִינָ֤ה וּמְדִינָה֙ כִּכְתָבָ֔הּ וְעַ֥ם וָעָ֖ם כִּלְשׁוֹנ֑וֹ בְּשֵׁ֨ם הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרֹשׁ֙ נִכְתָּ֔ב וְנֶחְתָּ֖ם בְּטַבַּ֥עַת הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

Esther 3:12: 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:59 of Mova's parse database.

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