--- title: Esther 8:11 (JPS 1917) — that the king had granted the Jews that were in every city to gather… · tree and pragmatics description: that the king had granted the Jews that were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, and to slay, and to cause to perish, all the forces of the people and province that would assault them, their little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.138/) [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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST/8/) / [8:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.8.11/) / JPS 1 # Esther 8:11 · JPS 1917 that the king had granted the Jews that were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, and to slay, and to cause to perish, all the forces of the people and province that would assault them, their little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey, **Who acts:** king, Jews, forces, people · **What happens:** grant, be, gather, stand, destroy, slay · **To what, where:** Jews, city, forces, spoil This is Esther 8:11 · 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 (king, Jews, forces, people), 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:138 # text = that the king had granted the Jews that were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, and to slay, and to cause to perish, all the forces of the people and province that would assault them, their little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey, 1 that that SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 granted grant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Jews Jew PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 12 det _ _ 12 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 acl:relcl _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 gather gather VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 15 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 14 obj _ _ 16 together together ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 slay slay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 perish perish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 40 det:predet _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 forces force NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 province province NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ _ 46 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 48 nsubj _ _ 47 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 assault assault VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 acl:relcl _ _ 49 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 52 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 conj _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 conj _ _ 56 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 58 to to PART TO _ 59 mark _ _ 59 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 spoil spoil NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obj _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nmod _ _ 64 for for ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 prey prey NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ _ 67 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grant** | past · perfect | the king | the Jews | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | the Jews | | | every city | | | tree rules | | 3 | **gather** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | Jews *= jew* | | | | together *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme | | 4 | **stand** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | | | | | for Jews's life | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for life=Attribute | | 5 | **destroy** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **slay** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **cause** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | all forces of the people and province | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **perish** | to-infinitive | all forces of the people and province *not said here* | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **assault** | would | the people and province | Jews *= jew* | | | | | vn attack-60.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 10 | **take** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | the spoil of Jews | | | | for a prey | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent spoil=Theme for prey=Beneficiary | | 11 | **spoil** | | | Jews *= jew* | | | | | nom spoil «possession transitive»: of=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} אֲשֶׁר֩ נָתַ֨ן הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ לַיְּהוּדִ֣ים ׀ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּכָל־עִיר־וָעִ֗יר לְהִקָּהֵל֮ וְלַעֲמֹ֣ד עַל־נַפְשָׁם֒ לְהַשְׁמִיד֩ וְלַהֲרֹ֨ג וּלְאַבֵּ֜ד אֶת־כָּל־חֵ֨יל עַ֧ם וּמְדִינָ֛ה הַצָּרִ֥ים אֹתָ֖ם טַ֣ף וְנָשִׁ֑ים וּשְׁלָלָ֖ם לָבֽוֹז׃ [Esther 8:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.8.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EST:138` 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 8:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.137/) - next →: [Esther 8:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.139/) - ↑ back to [Esther 8:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.8.11/)