Esther 4:8 · JPS 1917

Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given out in Shushan to destroy them, to show it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her; and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him, for her people.

Who acts: Mordecai, Esther · What happens: give, give out, destroy, show, declare, charge · To what, where: copy, king, decree, Shushan, Jews, Esther

This is Esther 4:8 · 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 (Mordecai, Esther), 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	Also	also	ADV	_	3 gave	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 gave	iobj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 copy	det
6	copy	copy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 writing	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 writing	det
9	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 copy	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 decree	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 decree	det
12	decree	decree	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 writing	nmod
13	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 given	nsubj:pass
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 given	aux:pass
15	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 decree	acl:relcl
16	out	out	ADP	_	15 given	compound:prt
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 Shushan	case
18	Shushan	Shushan	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 given	obl
19	to	to	PART	_	20 destroy	mark
20	destroy	destroy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 given	advcl
21	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 destroy	obj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 show	punct
23	to	to	PART	_	24 show	mark
24	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 given	advcl
25	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 show	obj
26	unto	unto	ADP	_	27 Esther	case
27	Esther	Esther	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 show	obl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 declare	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 declare	cc
30	to	to	PART	_	31 declare	mark
31	declare	declare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 given	conj
32	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 declare	obj
33	unto	unto	ADP	_	34 her	case
34	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 declare	obl
35	;	;	PUNCT	_	38 charge	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 charge	cc
37	to	to	PART	_	38 charge	mark
38	charge	charge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 given	conj
39	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 charge	iobj
40	that	that	SCONJ	_	43 go	mark
41	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 go	nsubj
42	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	43 go	aux
43	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	38 charge	ccomp
44	in	in	ADV	_	43 go	compound:prt
45	unto	unto	ADP	_	47 king	case
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 king	det
47	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 go	obl
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 make	punct
49	to	to	PART	_	50 make	mark
50	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	43 go	advcl
51	supplication	supplication	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 make	obj
52	unto	unto	ADP	_	53 him	case
53	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 make	obl
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 make	punct
55	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 make	cc
56	to	to	PART	_	57 make	mark
57	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	50 make	conj
58	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 make	obj
59	before	before	ADP	_	60 him	case
60	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	57 make	obl
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 people	punct
62	for	for	ADP	_	64 people	case
63	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	64 people	nmod:poss
64	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	57 make	obl
65	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gave	punct

Pragmatics

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	Mordecai	the copy of the writing of the decree	king				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient copy=Theme
2	give out	past · passive		the decree		Shushan			vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme
3	destroy	to-infinitive		Jews = jew					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
4	show	to-infinitive		copy				unto Esther	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient
5	declare speech: other	to-infinitive		copy				unto Esther	vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Attribute
6	charge	to-infinitive			Esther				tree rules
7	go in	should	Esther					unto the king	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	make	to-infinitive	Esther not said here	supplication				unto Mordecai	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset supplication=Product
9	make	to-infinitive	Esther not said here	request			before Mordecai	for Esther's people	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent request=Product for people=Beneficiary
10	copy			the writing of the decree					nom copy «communication transitive»: of=patient
11	write			the decree					nom writing «act 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

וְאֶת־פַּתְשֶׁ֣גֶן כְּתָֽב־הַ֠דָּת אֲשֶׁר־נִתַּ֨ן בְּשׁוּשָׁ֤ן לְהַשְׁמִידָם֙ נָ֣תַן ל֔וֹ לְהַרְא֥וֹת אֶת־אֶסְתֵּ֖ר וּלְהַגִּ֣יד לָ֑הּ וּלְצַוּ֣וֹת עָלֶ֗יהָ לָב֨וֹא אֶל־הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ לְהִֽתְחַנֶּן־ל֛וֹ וּלְבַקֵּ֥שׁ מִלְּפָנָ֖יו עַל־עַמָּֽהּ׃

Esther 4:8: 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:70 of Mova's parse database.

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