Esther 5:2 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 of 2
And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight; and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand.
Who acts: king, Esther, golden sceptre · What happens: be, see, stand, obtain, hold out, sight · To what, where: Esther, court, favour, sight, golden sceptre, hand
This is Esther 5:2 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 of 2 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 (king, Esther, golden sceptre), 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 so | cc |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 so | expl |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 so | cop |
| 4 | so | so | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 so | punct |
| 6 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 9 saw | mark |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 king | det |
| 8 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 saw | nsubj |
| 9 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 so | advcl |
| 10 | Esther | Esther | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 saw | obj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 queen | det |
| 12 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 Esther | appos |
| 13 | standing | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 Esther | acl |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 court | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 court | det |
| 16 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 standing | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 obtained | punct |
| 18 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 20 obtained | mark |
| 19 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 obtained | nsubj |
| 20 | obtained | obtain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 so | ccomp |
| 21 | favour | favour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 obtained | obj |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 24 sight | case |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 sight | nmod:poss |
| 24 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 obtained | obl |
| 25 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 29 held | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 held | cc |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 king | det |
| 28 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 held | nsubj |
| 29 | held | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 so | conj |
| 30 | out | out | ADP | _ | 29 held | compound:prt |
| 31 | to | to | ADP | _ | 32 Esther | case |
| 32 | Esther | Esther | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 held | obl |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 sceptre | det |
| 34 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 sceptre | amod |
| 35 | sceptre | sceptre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 held | obj |
| 36 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 40 hand | nsubj |
| 37 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 hand | cop |
| 38 | in | in | ADP | _ | 40 hand | case |
| 39 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 hand | nmod:poss |
| 40 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 sceptre | acl:relcl |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 so | 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 | is | past | so property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | see | past | the king | Esther | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer esther=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | stand | gerund | Esther not said here | the court | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in court=Location | ||||
| 4 | obtain | past | Esther | favour | king's sight | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent favour=Theme | |||
| 5 | hold out | past | the king | the golden sceptre | Esther | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sceptre=Theme | |||
| 6 | is | past | the golden sceptre | king's hand | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | sight | king | nom sight «cognition transitive»: 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
וַיְהִי֩ כִרְא֨וֹת הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ אֶת־אֶסְתֵּ֣ר הַמַּלְכָּ֗ה עֹמֶ֙דֶת֙ בֶּֽחָצֵ֔ר נָשְׂאָ֥ה חֵ֖ן בְּעֵינָ֑יו וַיּ֨וֹשֶׁט הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ לְאֶסְתֵּ֗ר אֶת־שַׁרְבִ֤יט הַזָּהָב֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּיָד֔וֹ וַתִּקְרַ֣ב אֶסְתֵּ֔ר וַתִּגַּ֖ע בְּרֹ֥אשׁ הַשַּׁרְבִֽיט׃ס
Esther 5:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →
This verse in JPS 1917:
- And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight; and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand.
- So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:EST:81 of Mova's parse database.
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