--- title: Esther 1:6 — there were hangings of white, fine cotton, and blue, bordered with c… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: there were hangings of white, fine cotton, and blue, bordered with cords of fine linen and purple, upon silver rods and pillars of marble; the couches were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of green, and white, and shell, and onyx marble. Who acts: hangings, couches. 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The page gives the verse in Hebrew as the Westminster Leningrad Codex has it, its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, built from MACULA Hebrew — and its pragmatics: who acts — hangings, couches — and what happens in the verse to hangings, read clause by clause by Mova's frames. Beside it stand the Aramaic of the Targum and the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, each English sentence with a tree of its own. It is one of the 10 chapters of Esther on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between. ח֣וּר ׀ כַּרְפַּ֣ס וּתְכֵ֗לֶת אָחוּז֙ בְּחַבְלֵי־ב֣וּץ וְאַרְגָּמָ֔ן עַל־גְּלִ֥ילֵי כֶ֖סֶף וְעַמּ֣וּדֵי שֵׁ֑שׁ מִטּ֣וֹת ׀ זָהָ֣ב וָכֶ֗סֶף עַ֛ל רִֽצְפַ֥ת בַּהַט־וָשֵׁ֖שׁ וְדַ֥ר וְסֹחָֽרֶת׃ [there were hangings of white, fine cotton, and blue, bordered with cords of fine linen and purple, upon silver rods and pillars of marble; the couches were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of green, and white, and shell, and onyx marble.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.5/) ## The tree {#tree} Right to left, as the Hebrew is read; a prefix or suffix is a word of its own, and a line under the words joins those written as one. Under each word its part of speech and MACULA's English gloss. ```conllu rtl gloss # sent_id = wlc:EST:5 # text = ח֣וּר ׀ כַּרְפַּ֣ס וּתְכֵ֗לֶת אָחוּז֙ בְּחַבְלֵי־ב֣וּץ וְאַרְגָּמָ֔ן עַל־גְּלִ֥ילֵי כֶ֖סֶף וְעַמּ֣וּדֵי שֵׁ֑שׁ מִטּ֣וֹת ׀ זָהָ֣ב וָכֶ֗סֶף עַ֛ל רִֽצְפַ֥ת בַּהַט־וָשֵׁ֖שׁ וְדַ֥ר וְסֹחָֽרֶת׃ # verse = EST.1.6 1 ח֣וּר חוּר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ Gloss=white.cloth|Ref=EST_1:6!1|MId=o170010060011|Strong=2353 2 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 1 punct _ Ref=EST_1:6!1 3 כַּרְפַּ֣ס כַּרְפַּס NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 1 appos _ Gloss=cotton|Ref=EST_1:6!2|MId=o170010060021|Strong=3768 4-5 וּתְכֵ֗לֶת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 5 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EST_1:6!3|MId=o170010060031|Strong=2050b 5 תְכֵ֗לֶת תְּכֵלֶת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 1 conj _ Gloss=violet.material|Ref=EST_1:6!3|MId=o170010060032|Strong=8504 6 אָחוּז֙ אָחַז VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 0 root _ Gloss=[was].held|Ref=EST_1:6!4|MId=o170010060041|Strong=0270|Frame=A1:170010060011;170010060032;|Type=participle_passive 7-8 בְּחַבְלֵי־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 8 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=EST_1:6!5|MId=o170010060051|Strong=0871a 8 חַבְלֵי־ חֶבֶל NOUN _ Number=Plur 6 obl _ Gloss=cords|Ref=EST_1:6!5|MId=o170010060052|Strong=2256 9 ב֣וּץ בּוּץ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 8 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.fine.linen|Ref=EST_1:6!6|MId=o170010060061|Strong=0948 10-11 וְאַרְגָּמָ֔ן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 11 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EST_1:6!7|MId=o170010060071|Strong=2050b 11 אַרְגָּמָ֔ן אַרְגָּמָן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 9 conj _ Gloss=purple|Ref=EST_1:6!7|MId=o170010060072|Strong=0713 12 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 13 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=EST_1:6!8|MId=o170010060081|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 13 גְּלִ֥ילֵי גָּלִיל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 6 obl _ Gloss=rods|Ref=EST_1:6!9|MId=o170010060091|Strong=1550 14 כֶ֖סֶף כֶּסֶף NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 13 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.silver|Ref=EST_1:6!10|MId=o170010060101|Strong=3701 15-16 וְעַמּ֣וּדֵי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 16 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EST_1:6!11|MId=o170010060111|Strong=2050b 16 עַמּ֣וּדֵי עַמּוּד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 13 conj _ Gloss=pillars|Ref=EST_1:6!11|MId=o170010060112|Strong=5982 17 שֵׁ֑שׁ שֵׁשׁ NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 16 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.marble|Ref=EST_1:6!12|MId=o170010060121|Strong=8336a|Type=cardinal_number 18 מִטּ֣וֹת מִטָּה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ Gloss=couches|Ref=EST_1:6!13|MId=o170010060131|Strong=4296 19 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 18 punct _ Ref=EST_1:6!13 20 זָהָ֣ב זָהָב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 18 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.gold|Ref=EST_1:6!14|MId=o170010060141|Strong=2091 21-22 וָכֶ֗סֶף _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 וָ וְ CCONJ _ _ 22 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EST_1:6!15|MId=o170010060151|Strong=2050b 22 כֶ֗סֶף כֶּסֶף NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 20 conj _ Gloss=silver|Ref=EST_1:6!15|MId=o170010060152|Strong=3701 23 עַ֛ל עַל ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=[were].on|Ref=EST_1:6!16|MId=o170010060161|Strong=5921 24 רִֽצְפַ֥ת רִצְפָּה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ Gloss=a.pavement|Ref=EST_1:6!17|MId=o170010060171|Strong=7531 25 בַּהַט־ בַּהַט NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 24 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.porphyry|Ref=EST_1:6!18|MId=o170010060181|Strong=0923|SpaceAfter=No 26-27 וָשֵׁ֖שׁ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 וָ וְ CCONJ _ _ 27 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EST_1:6!19|MId=o170010060191|Strong=2050b 27 שֵׁ֖שׁ שֵׁשׁ NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 25 conj _ Gloss=marble|Ref=EST_1:6!19|MId=o170010060192|Strong=8336a|Type=cardinal_number 28-29 וְדַ֥ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 29 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EST_1:6!20|MId=o170010060201|Strong=2050b 29 דַ֥ר דַּר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 25 conj _ Gloss=mother-of-pearl|Ref=EST_1:6!20|MId=o170010060202|Strong=1858 30-31 וְסֹחָֽרֶת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 31 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EST_1:6!21|MId=o170010060211|Strong=2050b 31 סֹחָֽרֶת סֹחֶרֶת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 25 conj _ Gloss=paving.stone|Ref=EST_1:6!21|MId=o170010060212|Strong=5508 32 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 31 punct _ Ref=EST_1:6!21 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - speech: narration - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | אָחוּז *\[was\] held* | participle passive · qal | | חוּר *white cloth* + תְכֵלֶת *violet material* | | | MACULA's semantic frames: for each verb the head word of each participant. A0 is the one who acts, A1 what the act is done to or is about, A2 a further participant; AA, with a causative verb, the one who makes it happen. ## The Targum {#onkelos} וּמִן אִילָנָא לְאִילָנָא הֲווּ פְּרִיסָן יְרִיעָן דְבוּץ גַוָן חִיוָר בְּסַפִּירִין וּכְרַתְנִין וְתִיכְלָא אֲחִידָן בְּאַשְׁלֵי מְטַכְסִין צְבִיעָן בְּאַרְגְוָנָא דַלְיָן עֲלַוֵי אוּנְקַלְוָן דִכְסַף וּדְשַׁרְיָן סְגַלְגַלִין דִכְסַף כְּפִיסָן עֲלַוֵי עַמוּדֵי מַרְמְרִין סַמְקִין יַרְקִין וּבַרְקִין וּמְרוֹקִין וְחִוָרִין אוֹתִיב יַתְהוֹן עֲלַוֵי עַרְסָן דְמֵילָתִין דְמַתְחָן עַל דַרְגְשִׁין דְנַקְלְטֵיהוֹן דִדְהַב טָב וְכַרְעֵיהוֹן דִכְסַף שַׁרְיָן עַל סְטָיו כְּבִישׁ קְרוּסְטָלִיגִין וּמַרְמְרִין וְדוּרָא דִכְּרַכֵּי יַמָא רַבָּא וְאִטוּנִין מְצַיְרִין מַקְפִין לְהוֹן חֲזוּר חֲזוּר: The Aramaic translation read beside the Hebrew. Text only: Mova has no Aramaic parser yet. ## English, JPS 1917 {#english} Each sentence on its own page, with its tree and pragmatics. A sentence that runs on into the next verse is listed under the verse it begins in. 1. [there were hangings of white, fine cotton, and blue, bordered with cords of fine linen and purple, upon silver rods and pillars of marble; the couches were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of green, and white, and shell, and onyx marble.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.5/) **Hebrew text:** Westminster Leningrad Codex, public domain. **Tree, glosses and frames:** MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets, available at [github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-hebrew](https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-hebrew/), [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); converted to Universal Dependencies by Mova (words in text order, a prefix its own word). **Speech act:** Mova's rules on the MACULA words (`macula prag`). **Targum:** Onkelos (Torat Emet), Jonathan and the Writings (Mikraot Gedolot), from Sefaria, public domain. **English:** JPS 1917, public domain; trees and speech acts by Mova's cycle, frames by Mova's reader (Elamur Cosmic License). Hebrew sentence `wlc:EST:5`. - ← previous: [Esther 1:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.1.5/) - next →: [Esther 1:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.1.7/) - ↑ back to [Esther 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST/1/)