--- title: Esther 7:3 — Then Esther the queen answered and said: 'If I have found favour in… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Then Esther the queen answered and said: 'If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request; Who acts: Esther, I, favour, life. 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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 — Esther, I, favour, life, thy, my — and what happens in the verse to favour, sight, king, life, me, petition, 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. וַתַּ֨עַן אֶסְתֵּ֤ר הַמַּלְכָּה֙ וַתֹּאמַ֔ר אִם־מָצָ֨אתִי חֵ֤ן בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְאִם־עַל־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ ט֑וֹב תִּנָּֽתֶן־לִ֤י נַפְשִׁי֙ בִּשְׁאֵ֣לָתִ֔י וְעַמִּ֖י בְּבַקָּשָׁתִֽי׃ [Then Esther the queen answered and said: 'If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.114/) ## 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:107 # text = וַתַּ֨עַן אֶסְתֵּ֤ר הַמַּלְכָּה֙ וַתֹּאמַ֔ר אִם־מָצָ֨אתִי חֵ֤ן בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְאִם־עַל־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ ט֑וֹב תִּנָּֽתֶן־לִ֤י נַפְשִׁי֙ בִּשְׁאֵ֣לָתִ֔י וְעַמִּ֖י בְּבַקָּשָׁתִֽי׃ # verse = EST.7.3 1-2 וַתַּ֨עַן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EST_7:3!1|MId=o170070030011|Strong=2050b 2 תַּ֨עַן עָנָה VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=she.answered|Ref=EST_7:3!1|MId=o170070030012|Strong=6030|Frame=A0:170070030021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 אֶסְתֵּ֤ר אֶסְתֵּר PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Esther|Ref=EST_7:3!2|MId=o170070030021|Strong=0635 4-5 הַמַּלְכָּה֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 5 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EST_7:3!3|MId=o170070030031|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 5 מַּלְכָּה֙ מַלְכָּה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 3 appos _ Gloss=queen|Ref=EST_7:3!3|MId=o170070030032|Strong=4436 6-7 וַתֹּאמַ֔ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 7 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EST_7:3!4|MId=o170070030041|Strong=2050b 7 תֹּאמַ֔ר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=she.said|Ref=EST_7:3!4|MId=o170070030042|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:170070030021;|Type=wayyiqtol 8 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 9 mark _ Gloss=if|Ref=EST_7:3!5|MId=o170070030051|Strong=0518|SpaceAfter=No 9 מָצָ֨אתִי מָצָא VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 22 parataxis _ Gloss=I.have.found|Ref=EST_7:3!6|MId=o170070030061|Strong=4672|Frame=A0:170070030021;A1:170070030071;|Type=qatal 10 חֵ֤ן חֵן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 9 obj _ Gloss=favor|Ref=EST_7:3!7|MId=o170070030071|Strong=2580 11-13 בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=EST_7:3!8|MId=o170070030081|Strong=0871a 12 עֵינֶ֙י עַיִן NOUN _ Number=Dual 9 obl _ Gloss=eyes|Ref=EST_7:3!8|MId=o170070030082|Strong=5869 13 ךָ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=EST_7:3!8|MId=o170070030083|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 14-15 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 15 det _ Gloss=O|Ref=EST_7:3!9|MId=o170070030091|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 15 מֶּ֔לֶךְ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 9 parataxis _ Gloss=king|Ref=EST_7:3!9|MId=o170070030092|Strong=4428 16-17 וְאִם־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 21 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EST_7:3!10|MId=o170070030101|Strong=2050b 17 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 21 mark _ Gloss=if|Ref=EST_7:3!10|MId=o170070030102|Strong=0518 18 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 20 case _ Gloss=[is].on|Ref=EST_7:3!11|MId=o170070030111|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 19-20 הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 20 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EST_7:3!12|MId=o170070030121|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 20 מֶּ֖לֶךְ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 21 obl _ Gloss=king|Ref=EST_7:3!12|MId=o170070030122|Strong=4428 21 ט֑וֹב טוֹב ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 9 conj _ Gloss=good|Ref=EST_7:3!13|MId=o170070030131|Strong=2896|Type=adjective 22 תִּנָּֽתֶן־ נָתַן VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 7 ccomp _ Gloss=let.it.be.given|Ref=EST_7:3!14|MId=o170070030141|Strong=5414|Frame=A1:170070030161;|Type=yiqtol|SpaceAfter=No 23-24 לִ֤י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 ל לְ ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EST_7:3!15|MId=o170070030151|Strong=3807a 24 ִ֤י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=EST_7:3!15|MId=o170070030152|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 25-26 נַפְשִׁי֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 נַפְשׁ נֶפֶשׁ NOUN _ Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ Gloss=life|Ref=EST_7:3!16|MId=o170070030161|Strong=5315 26 ִי֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=EST_7:3!16|MId=o170070030162|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 27-29 בִּשְׁאֵ֣לָתִ֔י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 בִּ בְּ ADP _ _ 28 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=EST_7:3!17|MId=o170070030171|Strong=0871a 28 שְׁאֵ֣לָת שְׁאֵלָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 22 obl _ Gloss=petition|Ref=EST_7:3!17|MId=o170070030172|Strong=7596 29 ִ֔י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=EST_7:3!17|MId=o170070030173|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 30-32 וְעַמִּ֖י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 31 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EST_7:3!18|MId=o170070030181|Strong=2050b 31 עַמּ עַם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 22 conj _ Gloss=people|Ref=EST_7:3!18|MId=o170070030182|Strong=5971 32 ִ֖י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=EST_7:3!18|MId=o170070030183|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 33-35 בְּבַקָּשָׁתִֽי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 33 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 34 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=EST_7:3!19|MId=o170070030191|Strong=0871a 34 בַקָּשָׁת בַּקָּשָׁה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 31 obl _ Gloss=request|Ref=EST_7:3!19|MId=o170070030192|Strong=1246 35 ִֽי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=EST_7:3!19|MId=o170070030193|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 36 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 35 punct _ Ref=EST_7:3!19 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: no - the frame alone: decl · narrate · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | תַּעַן *she answered* | wayyiqtol · qal | אֶסְתֵּר *Esther* | | | | | תֹּאמַר *she said* | wayyiqtol · qal | אֶסְתֵּר *Esther* | | | | | מָצָאתִי *I have found* | qatal · qal | אֶסְתֵּר *Esther* | חֵן *favor* | | | | תִּנָּֽתֶן־ *let it be given* | yiqtol · niphal | | נַפְשׁ *life* | | | 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} וּזְקָפַת אֶסְתֵּר יַת עֵינָהָא כְּלַפֵּי שְׁמַיָא וַאֲתִיבַת אֶסְתֵּר מַלְכְּתָא וַאֲמָרַת אִין אַשְׁכָּחִית רַחֲמִין קֳדָמָךְ מַלְכָּא רְמָא וְאִין קֳדָם מַלְכָּא דְאַרְעָא שַׁפִיר תִּתְיְהַב לִי שְׁזֵיב נַפְשִׁי מִן יְדוֹי דְסַנְאָה בִשְׁאֵלָתִי וּפוּרְקַן עַמִי מִן יְדוֹי דִבְעֵל דְבָבֵיהּ בְּבָעוּתִי: 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. [Then Esther the queen answered and said: 'If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.114/) **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:107`. - ← previous: [Esther 7:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.7.2/) - next →: [Esther 7:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.7.4/) - ↑ back to [Esther 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST/7/)