--- title: Esther 6:10 (JPS 1917) — Then the king said to Haman: 'Make haste, and take the apparel and t… · tree and pragmatics description: Then the king said to Haman: 'Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate; let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.' Who acts: king, thou, Jew, nothing. 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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 (king, thou, Jew, nothing), 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:105 # text = Then the king said to Haman: 'Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate; let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.' 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Haman Haman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 9 Make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 10 haste haste NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 apparel apparel NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nsubj _ _ 22 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 27 even even ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Mordecai Mordecai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 Jew Jew PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 appos _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 35 sitteth sit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 36 at at ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod:poss _ _ 39 's 's PART POS _ 38 case _ _ 40 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 42 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 43 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 42 obj _ _ 44 fail fail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 44 obl _ _ 47 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 50 obj _ _ 48 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 50 nsubj _ _ 49 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 46 acl:relcl _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 52 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king | | Haman | | then | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to haman=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 2 | **make** | infinitive | | haste | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset haste=Product | | 3 | **take** | infinitive | | the apparel and the horse | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apparel=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · perfect | thou | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **do** | infinitive | | | Mordecai | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **sit** | present | the Jew | | | the king's gate | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at gate=Location | | 7 | **let** | infinitive | | nothing | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **fail** | infinitive | nothing *not said here* | | | | | of all | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **speak** *speech: other* | present · perfect | thou | | | | | | 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} וַיֹּ֨אמֶר הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ לְהָמָ֗ן מַ֠הֵר קַ֣ח אֶת־הַלְּב֤וּשׁ וְאֶת־הַסּוּס֙ כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבַּ֔רְתָּ וַֽעֲשֵׂה־כֵן֙ לְמָרְדֳּכַ֣י הַיְּהוּדִ֔י הַיּוֹשֵׁ֖ב בְּשַׁ֣עַר הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ אַל־תַּפֵּ֣ל דָּבָ֔ר מִכֹּ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבַּֽרְתָּ׃ [Esther 6:10: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.6.10/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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