--- title: Esther 6:9 (JPS 1917) — and let the apparel and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of… · tree and pragmatics description: and let the apparel and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man therewith whom the king delighteth to honour, and cause him to ride on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him: Thus shall it be done to the man w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.104/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Esther](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST/) / [chapter 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST/6/) / [6:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.6.9/) / JPS 1 # Esther 6:9 · JPS 1917 and let the apparel and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man therewith whom the king delighteth to honour, and cause him to ride on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him: Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour.' **Who acts:** you, apparel, king · **What happens:** let, deliver, array, delight, honour, cause · **To what, where:** apparel, hand, man, king, horseback, horse This is Esther 6:9 · 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 (you, apparel, 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = jps:EST:104 # text = and let the apparel and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man therewith whom the king delighteth to honour, and cause him to ride on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him: Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour.' 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 apparel apparel NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 delivered deliver VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nmod _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod:poss _ _ 18 's 's PART POS _ 17 case _ _ 19 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 20 advmod _ _ 20 noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 array array VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 therewith therewith ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 30 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 obj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 delighteth delight VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 honour honour VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 ride ride VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 horseback horseback NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 44 through through ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 street street NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 proclaim proclaim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 53 before before ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obl _ _ 55 : : PUNCT : _ 60 punct _ _ 56 Thus thus ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ _ 57 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 58 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj:pass _ _ 59 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 60 aux:pass _ _ 60 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 61 to to ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ _ 64 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 67 obj _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nsubj _ _ 67 delighteth delight VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 63 acl:relcl _ _ 68 to to PART TO _ 69 mark _ _ 69 honour honour VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 67 xcomp _ _ 70 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 71 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **deliver** | infinitive · passive | | the apparel and the horse | | the hand of one of the king's noble princes | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to hand=Destination | | 3 | **array** | may | apparel | the man | | | | therewith *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **delight** | present | the king | the man | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **honour** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **cause** | infinitive | apparel *not said here* | king | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **ride** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | | | horseback | | through the street of the city | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through street=Trajectory | | 8 | **proclaim** | infinitive | king *not said here* | | | | before king | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **do** | shall · passive | | horse | | | | to the man; thus *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 10 | **delight** | present | the king | the man | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **honour** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | 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} וְנָת֨וֹן הַלְּב֜וּשׁ וְהַסּ֗וּס עַל־יַד־אִ֞ישׁ מִשָּׂרֵ֤י הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ הַֽפַּרְתְּמִ֔ים וְהִלְבִּ֙ישׁוּ֙ אֶת־הָאִ֔ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ חָפֵ֣ץ בִּֽיקָר֑וֹ וְהִרְכִּיבֻ֤הוּ עַל־הַסּוּס֙ בִּרְח֣וֹב הָעִ֔יר וְקָרְא֣וּ לְפָנָ֔יו כָּ֚כָה יֵעָשֶׂ֣ה לָאִ֔ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ חָפֵ֥ץ בִּיקָרֽוֹ׃ [Esther 6:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.6.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EST:104` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Esther 6:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.103/) - next →: [Esther 6:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.105/) - ↑ back to [Esther 6:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.6.9/)