--- title: Esther 9:18 (JPS 1917) — But the Jews that were in Shushan assembled together on the thirteen… · tree and pragmatics description: But the Jews that were in Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness. Who acts: Jews. 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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 (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:164 # text = But the Jews that were in Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Jews Jew PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Shushan Shushan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 assembled assemble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 together together ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 thirteenth thirteenth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 14 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 fourteenth fourteenth NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 20 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 fifteenth fifteenth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 same same NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 rested rest VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 iobj _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 feasting feasting NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 gladness gladness NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the Jews | | | Shushan | | | tree rules | | 2 | **assemble** | past | the Jews | | | | day | together *property* | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **rest** | past | Jews *= jew* | | | | day | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **make** | past | Jews *= jew* *not said here* | same | | | day | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product | 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} וְהַיְּהוּדִ֣ים אֲשֶׁר־בְּשׁוּשָׁ֗ן נִקְהֲלוּ֙ בִּשְׁלֹשָׁ֤ה עָשָׂר֙ בּ֔וֹ וּבְאַרְבָּעָ֥ה עָשָׂ֖ר בּ֑וֹ וְנ֗וֹחַ בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֤ה עָשָׂר֙ בּ֔וֹ וְעָשֹׂ֣ה אֹת֔וֹ י֖וֹם מִשְׁתֶּ֥ה וְשִׂמְחָֽה׃ [Esther 9:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.9.18/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EST:164` 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 9:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.163/) - next →: [Esther 9:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.165/) - ↑ back to [Esther 9:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.9.18/)