--- title: Esther 9:1 (JPS 1917) — Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth… · tree and pragmatics description: Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have rule over them; whereas it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.146/) [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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST/9/) / [9:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.9.1/) / JPS 1 # Esther 9:1 · JPS 1917 Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have rule over them; whereas it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them; **Who acts:** twelfth month, commandment, enemies, Jews, rule, king · **What happens:** be, draw, put, hope, have, turn · **To what, where:** month, execution, day, rule, contrary, enemies · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Esther 9:1 · 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 (twelfth month, commandment, enemies, Jews), 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:146 # text = Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have rule over them; whereas it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them; 1 Now now ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 twelfth twelfth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 acl:relcl _ _ 11 Adar Adar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 thirteenth thirteenth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 nmod _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 21 when when ADV WRB PronType=Rel 29 advmod _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 's 's PART POS _ 23 case _ _ 25 commandment commandment NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 decree decree NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 29 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 30 near near ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 advcl _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 execution execution NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nsubj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 Jews Jew PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 42 nmod _ _ 46 hoped hope VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ _ 49 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 50 over over ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obl _ _ 52 ; ; PUNCT : _ 56 punct _ _ 53 whereas whereas SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 54 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj:pass _ _ 55 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 aux:pass _ _ 56 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 advcl _ _ 57 to to ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 contrary contrary NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ _ 60 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 61 that that SCONJ IN _ 64 mark _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 Jews Jew PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 64 nsubj _ _ 64 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ _ 65 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obj _ _ 66 over over ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 67 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nmod _ _ 68 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 69 nsubj _ _ 69 hated hate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 acl:relcl _ _ 70 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 obj _ _ 71 ; ; PUNCT : _ 64 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the twelfth month | the month | | | day | | tree rules | | 2 | **draw** | past | the king's commandment and king's decree | | | | day | near *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **put** | to-infinitive · passive | the king's commandment and king's decree *not said here* | | | execution | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: in execution=Destination | | 4 | **hope** | past | the enemies of the Jews | the day *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **have** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the enemies of the Jews *not said here* | rule | | | | over enemies *= enemy* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient | | 6 | **turn** | past · passive | | rule | | the contrary | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme to contrary=Trajectory | | 7 | **have** | past | the Jews | rule | | | | over enemies *= enemy* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient | | 8 | **hate** | past | rule | enemies *= enemy* | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 9 | **command** | | the king | | | | | | nom commandment «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **decree** | | king | | | | | | nom decree «communication intransitive»: 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} וּבִשְׁנֵים֩ עָשָׂ֨ר חֹ֜דֶשׁ הוּא־חֹ֣דֶשׁ אֲדָ֗ר בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁ֨ה עָשָׂ֥ר יוֹם֙ בּ֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֨ר הִגִּ֧יעַ דְּבַר־הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ וְדָת֖וֹ לְהֵעָשׂ֑וֹת בַּיּ֗וֹם אֲשֶׁ֨ר שִׂבְּר֜וּ אֹיְבֵ֤י הַיְּהוּדִים֙ לִשְׁל֣וֹט בָּהֶ֔ם וְנַהֲפ֣וֹךְ ה֔וּא אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִשְׁלְט֧וּ הַיְּהוּדִ֛ים הֵ֖מָּה בְּשֹׂנְאֵיהֶֽם׃ [Esther 9:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.9.1/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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