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title: Esther 9:31 (JPS 1917) — to confirm these days of Purim in their appointed times, according a… · tree and pragmatics
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# Esther 9:31 · JPS 1917

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to confirm these days of Purim in their appointed times, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had ordained for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.

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**Who acts:** queen, Jews, fastings · **What happens:** confirm, appoint, accord, enjoin, ordain, matter · **To what, where:** Jews, matters

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This is Esther 9:31 · 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 (queen, Jews, fastings), 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:178
# text = to confirm these days of Purim in their appointed times, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had ordained for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	confirm	confirm	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	advcl	_	_
3	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
4	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Purim	Purim	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	appointed	appoint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	amod	_	_
10	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
12	according	accord	VERB	VBG	_	14	case	_	_
13	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	fixed	_	_
14	Mordecai	Mordecai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	Jew	Jew	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	appos	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	Esther	Esther	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
21	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
22	enjoined	enjoin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
23	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	obj	_	_
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
26	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	29	mark	_	_
27	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
28	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	aux	_	_
29	ordained	ordain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	22	advcl	_	_
30	for	for	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	29	obl	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
33	for	for	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	35	nmod:poss	_	_
35	seed	seed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	conj	_	_
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	matters	matter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	obj	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	fastings	fasting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	nmod	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
43	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	44	nmod:poss	_	_
44	cry	cry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	conj	_	_
45	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	22	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed polarity=none

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confirm** | to-infinitive | the queen *not said here* |  |  |  | day; time |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **appoint** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **enjoin** | past · perfect | the queen | Jews *= jew* |  |  |  | accord Mordecai | tree rules |
| 5 | **ordain** | past · perfect | Jews *= jew* | the matters of the fastings and Jews's cry |  |  |  | for Jews *= jew* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matter=Theme |
| 6 | **matter** |  | the fastings and Jews's cry |  |  |  |  |  | nom matter «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |
| 7 | **cry** |  | Jews *= jew* |  |  |  |  |  | nom cry «communication intransitive»: poss=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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לְקַיֵּ֡ם אֵת־יְמֵי֩ הַפֻּרִ֨ים הָאֵ֜לֶּה בִּזְמַנֵּיהֶ֗ם כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ קִיַּ֨ם עֲלֵיהֶ֜ם מָרְדֳּכַ֤י הַיְּהוּדִי֙ וְאֶסְתֵּ֣ר הַמַּלְכָּ֔ה וְכַאֲשֶׁ֛ר קִיְּמ֥וּ עַל־נַפְשָׁ֖ם וְעַל־זַרְעָ֑ם דִּבְרֵ֥י הַצֹּמ֖וֹת וְזַעֲקָתָֽם׃

[Esther 9:31: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.9.31/)

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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:178` of Mova's parse database.

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