--- title: Esther 1:11 (JPS 1917) — to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to s… · tree and pragmatics description: to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to show the peoples and the princes her beauty; for she was fair to look on. Who acts: Vashti. 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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 (Vashti), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = jps:EST:10 # text = to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to show the peoples and the princes her beauty; for she was fair to look on. 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 3 Vashti Vashti PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 6 before before ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 12 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 peoples people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 iobj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 conj _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 24 for for SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 advcl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 on on ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: fragment - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=frag | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | to-infinitive | | Vashti | | | before the king | with the crown | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent vashti=Theme before king=Destination | | 2 | **show** | to-infinitive | | Vashti's beauty | the peoples and the princes | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent people=Recipient beauty=Topic | | 3 | **is** | past | Vashti | | | | | fair *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **look on** | to-infinitive | Vashti *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | 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 {#hebrew} לְ֠הָבִיא אֶת־וַשְׁתִּ֧י הַמַּלְכָּ֛ה לִפְנֵ֥י הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ בְּכֶ֣תֶר מַלְכ֑וּת לְהַרְא֨וֹת הָֽעַמִּ֤ים וְהַשָּׂרִים֙ אֶת־יָפְיָ֔הּ כִּֽי־טוֹבַ֥ת מַרְאֶ֖ה הִֽיא׃ [Esther 1:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.1.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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