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title: Esther 1:17 (JPS 1917) — For this deed of the queen will come abroad unto all women, to make… · tree and pragmatics
description: For this deed of the queen will come abroad unto all women, to make their husbands contemptible in their eyes, when it will be said: The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not. Who acts: king, Vashti. Esther 1:17 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree a
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# Esther 1:17 · JPS 1917

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For this deed of the queen will come abroad unto all women, to make their husbands contemptible in their eyes, when it will be said: The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.

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**Who acts:** king, Vashti · **What happens:** come, make, say, command, bring in, not come · **To what, where:** husbands, eyes, deed, Vashti · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Esther 1:17 · 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, Vashti), 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:16
# text = For this deed of the queen will come abroad unto all women, to make their husbands contemptible in their eyes, when it will be said: The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	deed	deed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	abroad	abroad	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
16	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	husbands	husband	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
18	contemptible	contemptible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
23	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	27	mark	_	_
24	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj:pass	_	_
25	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	27	aux	_	_
26	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	27	aux:pass	_	_
27	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	advcl	_	_
28	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	32	punct	_	_
29	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nsubj	_	_
31	Ahasuerus	Ahasuerus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	appos	_	_
32	commanded	command	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
33	Vashti	Vashti	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	appos	_	_
36	to	to	PART	TO	_	38	mark	_	_
37	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	38	aux:pass	_	_
38	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	32	xcomp	_	_
39	in	in	ADP	RP	_	38	compound:prt	_	_
40	before	before	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	obl	_	_
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
43	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
44	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	nsubj	_	_
45	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	conj	_	_
46	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	45	advmod	_	_
47	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed act=assert, voice=character

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | future |  |  |  |  |  | for this deed of the queen; unto all women; abroad *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | women's husbands |  | husbands's eyes |  | contemptible *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset husband=Product |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | future · passive |  | deed |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |
| 4 | **command** | past | the king | Vashti |  |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent vashti=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 5 | **bring in** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | the king *not said here* |  |  |  | before king |  | vn earn-54.6 «NP V NP» |
| 6 | **not** **come** | past | Vashti |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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}

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כִּֽי־יֵצֵ֤א דְבַר־הַמַּלְכָּה֙ עַל־כָּל־הַנָּשִׁ֔ים לְהַבְז֥וֹת בַּעְלֵיהֶ֖ן בְּעֵינֵיהֶ֑ן בְּאָמְרָ֗ם הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵר֡וֹשׁ אָמַ֞ר לְהָבִ֨יא אֶת־וַשְׁתִּ֧י הַמַּלְכָּ֛ה לְפָנָ֖יו וְלֹא־בָֽאָה׃

[Esther 1:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.1.17/)

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