--- title: Esther 2:14 (JPS 1917) — In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the sec… · tree and pragmatics description: In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, who kept the concubines; she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and she were called by name. 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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 (maiden, chamberlain, king, name), 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:36 # text = In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, who kept the concubines; she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and she were called by name. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 13 into into ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 16 amod _ _ 16 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 custody custody NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Shaashgaz Shaashgaz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 's 's PART POS _ 28 case _ _ 30 chamberlain chamberlain NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 appos _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 33 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 concubines concubine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 39 in in ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 unto unto ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 43 no no ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 38 advmod _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 except except SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 49 delighted delight VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ _ 52 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 54 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj:pass _ _ 55 were be AUX VBD Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 aux:pass _ _ 56 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 conj _ _ 57 by by ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ _ 59 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | maiden | | | | evening | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **return** | past | maiden | | | the morrow | | into the second house of the women; to the custody of Shaashgaz | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme into house=Initial\_Location to custody=Destination | | 3 | **keep** | past | the king's chamberlain | the concubines | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent concubine=Theme | | 4 | **come in** | past | maiden | | | | | unto the king | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **delight** | past | the king | | | | | in maiden | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **call** | past · passive | name | maiden | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient | 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} בָּעֶ֣רֶב ׀ הִ֣יא בָאָ֗ה וּ֠בַבֹּקֶר הִ֣יא שָׁבָ֞ה אֶל־בֵּ֤ית הַנָּשִׁים֙ שֵׁנִ֔י אֶל־יַ֧ד שַֽׁעֲשְׁגַ֛ז סְרִ֥יס הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ שֹׁמֵ֣ר הַפִּֽילַגְשִׁ֑ים לֹא־תָב֥וֹא עוֹד֙ אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ כִּ֣י אִם־חָפֵ֥ץ בָּ֛הּ הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ וְנִקְרְאָ֥ה בְשֵֽׁם׃ [Esther 2:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.2.14/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EST:36` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Esther 2:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.35/) - next →: [Esther 2:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.37/) - ↑ back to [Esther 2:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.2.14/)