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title: Esther 9:27 (JPS 1917) — the Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon… · tree and pragmatics
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# Esther 9:27 · JPS 1917

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the Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to the writing thereof, and according to the appointed time thereof, every year;

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**Who acts:** Jews, seed · **What happens:** ordain, take, join, not fail, keep, accord · **To what, where:** Jews

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This is Esther 9:27 · 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 (Jews, seed), 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:174
# text = the Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to the writing thereof, and according to the appointed time thereof, every year;
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Jews	Jew	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ordained	ordain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	seed	seed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	all	all	PRON	DT	PronType=Tot	8	conj	_	_
18	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
19	as	as	ADP	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
20	joined	join	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	acl:relcl	_	_
21	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	20	obj	_	_
22	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	obl	_	_
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
25	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	30	mark	_	_
26	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	25	fixed	_	_
27	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
28	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	30	aux	_	_
29	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	30	advmod	_	_
30	fail	fail	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
32	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	35	mark	_	_
33	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	_
34	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	35	aux	_	_
35	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
36	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	38	det	_	_
37	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	38	nummod	_	_
38	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	obj	_	_
39	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	42	case	_	_
40	to	to	ADP	IN	_	39	fixed	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	_
43	thereof	thereof	ADV	RB	_	42	advmod	_	_
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
46	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	50	case	_	_
47	to	to	ADP	IN	_	46	fixed	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
49	appointed	appoint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	50	amod	_	_
50	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	conj	_	_
51	thereof	thereof	ADV	RB	_	50	advmod	_	_
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
53	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	54	det	_	_
54	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl:unmarked	_	_
55	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ordain** | past | the Jews |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** | past | the Jews *not said here* |  |  |  |  | upon Jews *= jew* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **join** | past |  | Jews *= jew* |  |  |  | unto Jews *= jew* | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient |
| 4 | **not** **fail** | should | seed |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **keep** | would | Jews *= jew* |  |  |  | day; year | accord the writing and the appointed time | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **appoint** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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קִיְּמ֣וּ וְקִבְּל֣וּהַיְּהוּדִים֩ ׀ עֲלֵיהֶ֨ם ׀ וְעַל־זַרְעָ֜ם וְעַ֨ל כָּל־הַנִּלְוִ֤ים עֲלֵיהֶם֙ וְלֹ֣א יַעֲב֔וֹר לִהְי֣וֹת עֹשִׂ֗ים אֵ֣ת שְׁנֵ֤י הַיָּמִים֙ הָאֵ֔לֶּה כִּכְתָבָ֖ם וְכִזְמַנָּ֑ם בְּכָל־שָׁנָ֖ה וְשָׁנָֽה׃

[Esther 9:27: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.9.27/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EST:174` of Mova's parse database.

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