--- title: Esther 2:12 (JPS 1917) — Now when the turn of every maiden was come to go in to king Ahasueru… · tree and pragmatics description: Now when the turn of every maiden was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that it had been done to her according to the law for the women, twelve months — for so were the days of their anointing accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six month with sweet odours, and with other oi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.34/) [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/) / [2:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.2.12/) / JPS 1 # Esther 2:12 · JPS 1917 Now when the turn of every maiden was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that it had been done to her according to the law for the women, twelve months — for so were the days of their anointing accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six month with sweet odours, and with other ointments of the women — **Who acts:** turn · **What happens:** come, go in, do, accord, accomplish, wit · **To what, where:** king Ahasuerus, turn, maiden, days This is Esther 2:12 · 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 (turn), 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:34 # text = Now when the turn of every maiden was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that it had been done to her according to the law for the women, twelve months — for so were the days of their anointing accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six month with sweet odours, and with other ointments of the women — 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 in in ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 Ahasuerus Ahasuerus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 17 after after SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 fixed _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 advcl _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 25 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 case _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 25 fixed _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 34 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl:unmarked _ _ 35 — — PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 36 for for SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 37 so so ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 38 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 anointing anointing NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 44 accomplished accomplish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 advcl _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 wit wit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 advcl _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 50 nummod _ _ 50 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl:unmarked _ _ 51 with with ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 myrrh myrrh NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 55 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 57 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 58 nummod _ _ 58 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 conj _ _ 59 with with ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 odours odour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 nmod _ _ 62 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 64 with with ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 66 ointments ointment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 conj _ _ 67 of of ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 nmod _ _ 70 — — PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past · passive | the turn of every maiden | | | | now | | tree rules | | 2 | **go in** | to-infinitive | the turn of every maiden *not said here* | king Ahasuerus | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **do** | past · perfect · passive | | turn | maiden | | month | accord the law for the women | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 4 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **accomplish** | past · passive | | the days of women's anointing | | | | | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 6 | **wit** | to-infinitive | | | | | month | | tree rules | 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} וּבְהַגִּ֡יעַ תֹּר֩ נַעֲרָ֨ה וְנַעֲרָ֜ה לָב֣וֹא ׀ אֶל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵר֗וֹשׁ מִקֵּץ֩ הֱי֨וֹת לָ֜הּ כְּדָ֤ת הַנָּשִׁים֙ שְׁנֵ֣ים עָשָׂ֣ר חֹ֔דֶשׁ כִּ֛י כֵּ֥ן יִמְלְא֖וּ יְמֵ֣י מְרוּקֵיהֶ֑ן שִׁשָּׁ֤ה חֳדָשִׁים֙ בְּשֶׁ֣מֶן הַמֹּ֔ר וְשִׁשָּׁ֤ה חֳדָשִׁים֙ בַּבְּשָׂמִ֔ים וּבְתַמְרוּקֵ֖י הַנָּשִֽׁים׃ [Esther 2:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.2.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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