--- title: Esther 1:20 (JPS 1917) — And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published th… · tree and pragmatics description: And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his kingdom, great though it be, all the wives will give to their husbands honour, both to great and small.' Who acts: king, wives. 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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 (king, wives), 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:20 # text = And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his kingdom, great though it be, all the wives will give to their husbands honour, both to great and small.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 13 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 decree decree NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obj _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl:relcl _ _ 11 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 published publish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 advcl _ _ 14 throughout throughout ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 17 det:predet _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 advcl _ _ 20 though though SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 24 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 26 det:predet _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 wives wife NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 27 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 husbands husband NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 32 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 both both CCONJ CC _ 36 cc:preconj _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 conj _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ _ 40 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert, polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | shall | king | the king's decree | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Product | | 2 | **publish** | shall · passive | | the king's decree | | | throughout king's kingdom | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | | 3 | **give** | future | all wives | honour | great | | | to wives's husbands | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent honour=Theme to great=Recipient | | 4 | **decree** | | the 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} וְנִשְׁמַע֩ פִּתְגָ֨ם הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ אֲשֶֽׁר־יַעֲשֶׂה֙ בְּכָל־מַלְכוּת֔וֹ כִּ֥י רַבָּ֖ה הִ֑יא וְכָל־הַנָּשִׁ֗ים יִתְּנ֤וּ יְקָר֙ לְבַעְלֵיהֶ֔ן לְמִגָּד֖וֹל וְעַד־קָטָֽן׃ [Esther 1:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.1.20/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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