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title: Esther 2:8 (JPS 1917) — So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was p… · tree and pragmatics
description: So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was published, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the castle, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was taken into the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women. Who acts: form, king. Esther 2:8 in 
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# Esther 2:8 · JPS 1917

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So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was published, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the castle, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was taken into the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.

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**Who acts:** form, king · **What happens:** come, pass, publish, gather, take, command · **To what, where:** commandment, many maidens, Esther, house · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Esther 2:8 · 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 (form, king), 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:30
# text = So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was published, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the castle, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was taken into the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
7	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	16	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	commandment	commandment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	decree	decree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	published	publish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
19	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	23	mark	_	_
20	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	maidens	maiden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	nsubj:pass	_	_
22	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux:pass	_	_
23	gathered	gather	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	conj	_	_
24	together	together	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
25	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	Shushan	Shushan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	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	custody	custody	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	Hegai	Hegai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	_
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
36	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	39	mark	_	_
37	Esther	Esther	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	nsubj:pass	_	_
38	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	aux:pass	_	_
39	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	_
40	into	into	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	nmod:poss	_	_
43	's	's	PART	POS	_	42	case	_	_
44	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	_
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
46	to	to	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	custody	custody	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	_
49	of	of	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
50	Hegai	Hegai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	48	nmod	_	_
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
52	keeper	keeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	appos	_	_
53	of	of	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	52	nmod	_	_
56	.	.	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 | **come** | past | form |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | form *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **publish** | past · passive |  | the king's commandment and king's decree |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |
| 4 | **gather** | past · passive |  | many maidens |  |  |  | unto Shushan; to the custody of Hegai; together *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to custody=Co-Patient |
| 5 | **take** | past · passive |  | Esther |  | the king's house |  | to the custody of Hegai | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme into house=Destination |
| 6 | **command** |  | the king |  |  |  |  |  | nom commandment «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 7 | **decree** |  | king |  |  |  |  |  | nom decree «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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וַיְהִ֗י בְּהִשָּׁמַ֤ע דְּבַר־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ וְדָת֔וֹ וּֽבְהִקָּבֵ֞ץ נְעָר֥וֹת רַבּ֛וֹת אֶל־שׁוּשַׁ֥ן הַבִּירָ֖ה אֶל־יַ֣ד הֵגָ֑י וַתִּלָּקַ֤ח אֶסְתֵּר֙ אֶל־בֵּ֣ית הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אֶל־יַ֥ד הֵגַ֖י שֹׁמֵ֥ר הַנָּשִֽׁים׃

[Esther 2:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.2.8/)

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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:30` of Mova's parse database.

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