--- title: Esther 2:3 (JPS 1917) — and let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdo… · tree and pragmatics description: and let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the castle, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hegai the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their ointments be given them; Who acts: --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.25/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Esther](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST/) / [chapter 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST/2/) / [2:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.2.3/) / JPS 1 # Esther 2:3 · JPS 1917 and let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the castle, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hegai the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their ointments be given them; **Who acts:** you, king, officers, ointments · **What happens:** let, appoint, gather, give · **To what, where:** king, officers, provinces, fair young virgins, ointments, virgins This is Esther 2:3 · 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 (you, king, officers, ointments), 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:25 # text = and let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the castle, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hegai the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their ointments be given them; 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 appoint appoint VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 6 officers officer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 10 det:predet _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 provinces province NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 gather gather VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 19 together together ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 24 det:predet _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 22 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 23 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 virgins virgin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 25 unto unto ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Shushan Shushan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 appos _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 unto unto ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 custody custody NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Hegai Hegai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod:poss _ _ 44 's 's PART POS _ 43 case _ _ 45 chamberlain chamberlain NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 keeper keeper NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nmod _ _ 51 ; ; PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 54 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 ointments ointment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obj _ _ 56 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 57 aux:pass _ _ 57 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 53 xcomp _ _ 58 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 obj _ _ 59 ; ; PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | the king | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **appoint** | infinitive | the king *not said here* | officers | | all provinces of king's kingdom | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent officer=Theme | | 3 | **gather** | may | officers *= officer* | all fair young virgins | | | | unto Shushan; to the house of the women; unto the custody of Hegai the king's chamberlain and keeper of the women; together *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent virgin=Patient to house=Co-Patient | | 4 | **let** | infinitive | you *not said here* | virgins's ointments | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **give** | infinitive · passive | virgins's ointments *not said here* | virgins *= virgin* | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: they=Theme | 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} וְיַפְקֵ֨ד הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ פְּקִידִים֮ בְּכָל־מְדִינ֣וֹת מַלְכוּתוֹ֒ וְיִקְבְּצ֣וּ אֶת־כָּל־נַעֲרָֽה־בְ֠תוּלָה טוֹבַ֨ת מַרְאֶ֜ה אֶל־שׁוּשַׁ֤ן הַבִּירָה֙ אֶל־בֵּ֣ית הַנָּשִׁ֔ים אֶל־יַ֥ד הֵגֶ֛א סְרִ֥יס הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ שֹׁמֵ֣ר הַנָּשִׁ֑ים וְנָת֖וֹן תַּמְרוּקֵיהֶֽן׃ [Esther 2:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.2.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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