--- title: Esther 7:9 (JPS 1917) — Then said Harbonah, one of the chamberlains that were before the kin… · tree and pragmatics description: Then said Harbonah, one of the chamberlains that were before the king: 'Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman hath made for Mordecai, who spoke good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman.' And the king said: 'Hang him thereon.' 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And the king said: 'Hang him thereon.' **Who acts:** Harbonah, chamberlains, Haman, Mordecai, king · **What happens:** say, be, make, speak, stand, hang · **To what, where:** gallows, house, Haman · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Esther 7:9 · 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 (Harbonah, chamberlains, Haman, Mordecai), 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:122 # text = Then said Harbonah, one of the chamberlains that were before the king: 'Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman hath made for Mordecai, who spoke good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman.' And the king said: 'Hang him thereon.' 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Harbonah Harbonah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 appos _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 chamberlains chamberlain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 9 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 11 before before ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 acl:relcl _ _ 14 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 15 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ _ 16 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 20 discourse _ _ 17 also also ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 gallows gallows NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 ccomp _ _ 21 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 22 cubits cubit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl:unmarked _ _ 23 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 obj _ _ 26 Haman Haman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 acl:relcl _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Mordecai Mordecai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 33 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 xcomp _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 standeth stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 Haman Haman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 46 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 47 And and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 50 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 51 : : PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 52 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 53 punct _ _ 53 Hang hang VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 ccomp _ _ 54 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ _ 55 thereon thereon ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 53 punct _ _ 57 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 53 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 | Harbonah | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | the chamberlains | | | | before the king | | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | present · perfect | Haman | the gallows | | | | for Mordecai | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent which=Product for mordecai=Beneficiary | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Mordecai | | | | | for the king; good *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **stand** | present | Harbonah *not said here* | | | the house of Haman | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in house=Location | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **hang** | infinitive | | Haman | | | | thereon *property* | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | 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} וַיֹּ֣אמֶר חַ֠רְבוֹנָה אֶחָ֨ד מִן־הַסָּרִיסִ֜ים לִפְנֵ֣י הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ גַּ֣ם הִנֵּה־הָעֵ֣ץ אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֪ה הָמָ֟ן לְֽמָרְדֳּכַ֞י אֲשֶׁ֧ר דִּבֶּר־ט֣וֹב עַל־הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ עֹמֵד֙ בְּבֵ֣ית הָמָ֔ן גָּבֹ֖הַּ חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים אַמָּ֑ה וַיֹּ֥אמֶר הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ תְּלֻ֥הוּ עָלָֽיו׃ [Esther 7:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.7.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EST:122` 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 7:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.121/) - next →: [Esther 7:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.123/) - ↑ back to [Esther 7:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.7.9/)