--- title: Esther 8:8 (JPS 1917) — Write ye also concerning the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's n… · tree and pragmatics description: Write ye also concerning the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring; for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.' Who acts: ye, hand, man, king. 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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 (ye, hand, man, 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:135 # text = Write ye also concerning the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring; for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.' 1 Write write VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 1 nsubj _ _ 3 also also ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 4 concerning concern ADP VBG _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Jews Jew PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 liketh like VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 's 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 seal seal VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod:poss _ _ 25 's 's PART POS _ 24 case _ _ 26 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 writing writing NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 's 's PART POS _ 36 case _ _ 38 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 sealed seal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 conj _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod:poss _ _ 45 's 's PART POS _ 44 case _ _ 46 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 48 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 49 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 50 det _ _ 50 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 51 reverse reverse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ 52 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ 53 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=request | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | infinitive | ye | | | | | concern the Jews | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **like** | present | hand | you | | the king's name | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot you=Theme | | 3 | **seal** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | hand | | | | with the king's ring | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with ring=Instrument | | 4 | **write** | present · passive | | the writing | | the king's name | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in name=Destination | | 5 | **seal** | participle | | | | | | with the king's ring | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with ring=Instrument | | 6 | **reverse** | may | no man | | | | | for the writing | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **name** | | the king | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **name** | | the king | | | | | | nom name «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} וְ֠אַתֶּם כִּתְב֨וּ עַל־הַיְּהוּדִ֜ים כַּטּ֤וֹב בְּעֵֽינֵיכֶם֙ בְּשֵׁ֣ם הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְחִתְמ֖וּ בְּטַבַּ֣עַת הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ כִּֽי־כְתָ֞ב אֲשֶׁר־נִכְתָּ֣ב בְּשֵׁם־הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ וְנַחְתּ֛וֹם בְּטַבַּ֥עַת הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֵ֥ין לְהָשִֽׁיב׃ [Esther 8:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.8.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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