Esther 5:8 · JPS 1917
if I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request — let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to-morrow as the king hath said.'
Who acts: I, petition, you, king, my · What happens: find, please, grant, perform, let, come · To what, where: favour, sight, king, petition, request, banquet · Speech: someone speaks here
This is Esther 5:8 · 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 (I, petition, you, king), 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 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 found | mark |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 found | nsubj |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 found | aux |
| 4 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 30 let | advcl |
| 5 | favour | favour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 found | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 sight | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sight | det |
| 8 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 found | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 king | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 king | det |
| 11 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sight | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 let | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 let | cc |
| 14 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 16 please | mark |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 please | nsubj |
| 16 | please | please | VERB | Mood=Sub VerbForm=Fin | 30 let | advcl |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 king | det |
| 18 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 please | obj |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 grant | mark |
| 20 | grant | grant | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 please | xcomp |
| 21 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 petition | nmod:poss |
| 22 | petition | petition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 grant | obj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 perform | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 perform | cc |
| 25 | to | to | PART | _ | 26 perform | mark |
| 26 | perform | perform | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 grant | conj |
| 27 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 request | nmod:poss |
| 28 | request | request | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 perform | obj |
| 29 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 30 let | punct |
| 30 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 king | det |
| 32 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 let | obj |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 Haman | cc |
| 34 | Haman | Haman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 king | conj |
| 35 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 let | xcomp |
| 36 | to | to | ADP | _ | 38 banquet | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 banquet | det |
| 38 | banquet | banquet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 come | obl |
| 39 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 42 prepare | obj |
| 40 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 42 prepare | nsubj |
| 41 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 42 prepare | aux |
| 42 | prepare | prepare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 38 banquet | acl:relcl |
| 43 | for | for | ADP | _ | 44 them | case |
| 44 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 prepare | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 do | punct |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 do | cc |
| 47 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 49 do | nsubj |
| 48 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 49 do | aux |
| 49 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 let | conj |
| 50 | to | to | ADP | _ | 52 morrow | case |
| 51 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 50 to | punct |
| 52 | morrow | morrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 do | obl |
| 53 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 57 said | mark |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 king | det |
| 55 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 said | nsubj |
| 56 | hath | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 57 said | aux |
| 57 | said | say | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 49 do | advcl |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 30 let | punct |
| 59 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 30 let | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- command
- act
- request
- voice
- character
- polarity
- none
- indirect
- yes
- teacher
- changed voice=character, act=request, form=imp
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find a condition, not said to happen | present · perfect | I | favour | the sight of the king | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent favour=Topic | |||
| 2 | please a condition, not said to happen | infinitive | petition | the king | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | grant | to-infinitive | petition not said here | my petition | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent petition=Theme | ||||
| 4 | perform | to-infinitive | petition not said here | my request | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent request=Theme | ||||
| 5 | let | imperative | you not said here | the king and Haman | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | come | infinitive | the king and Haman not said here | the banquet | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to banquet=Initial_Location | ||||
| 7 | prepare | shall | I | the banquet | for them = they | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent that=Product for they=Beneficiary | |||
| 8 | do | future | I | to morrow | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 9 | say speech: assert | present · perfect | the king | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 10 | sight | the king | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 11 | petition | my | nom petition «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 12 | request | my | nom request «communication 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
אִם־מָצָ֨אתִי חֵ֜ן בְּעֵינֵ֣י הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ וְאִם־עַל־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ ט֔וֹב לָתֵת֙ אֶת־שְׁאֵ֣לָתִ֔י וְלַעֲשׂ֖וֹת אֶת־בַּקָּשָׁתִ֑י יָב֧וֹא הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ וְהָמָ֗ן אֶל־הַמִּשְׁתֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֣ה לָהֶ֔ם וּמָחָ֥ר אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֖ה כִּדְבַ֥ר הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃
Esther 5:8: 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:88 of Mova's parse database.
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