--- title: Esther 7:3 (JPS 1917) — Then Esther the queen answered and said: 'If I have found favour in… · 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 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 (Esther, I, favour, life), 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:114 # text = 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; 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 Esther Esther PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 5 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 8 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 9 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ _ 10 If if SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 14 favour favour NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 O o INTJ UH _ 20 discourse _ _ 20 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 vocative _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 if if SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 please please VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 29 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 30 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 xcomp _ _ 34 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 at at ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 petition petition NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 conj _ _ 42 at at ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 request request NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=request, polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Esther | | | | then | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Esther *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **find** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · perfect | I | favour | | thy sight | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent favour=Topic | | 4 | **please** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | favour | the king | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus king=Experiencer | | 5 | **let** | infinitive | Esther *not said here* | my life and my people at my request | | | | king *vocative* | tree rules | | 6 | **give** | infinitive · passive | my life and my people at my request *not said here* | me | | my petition | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: i=Theme at petition=Asset | | 7 | **sight** | | thy | | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **petition** | | my | | | | | | nom petition «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **request** | | my | | | | | | nom request «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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} וַתַּ֨עַן אֶסְתֵּ֤ר הַמַּלְכָּה֙ וַתֹּאמַ֔ר אִם־מָצָ֨אתִי חֵ֤ן בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְאִם־עַל־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ ט֑וֹב תִּנָּֽתֶן־לִ֤י נַפְשִׁי֙ בִּשְׁאֵ֣לָתִ֔י וְעַמִּ֖י בְּבַקָּשָׁתִֽי׃ [Esther 7:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.7.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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