--- title: Esther 1:5 (JPS 1917) — And when these days were fulfilled, the king made a feast unto all t… · tree and pragmatics description: And when these days were fulfilled, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the castle, both great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace; Who acts: king, people. 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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, people), 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:4 # text = And when these days were fulfilled, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the castle, both great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace; 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 6 mark _ _ 3 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 fulfilled fulfil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 unto unto ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 16 det:predet _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 17 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 18 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 19 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 acl:relcl _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Shushan Shushan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 appos _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 both both CCONJ CC _ 26 cc:preconj _ _ 26 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 conj _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 31 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl:unmarked _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 's 's PART POS _ 41 case _ _ 43 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fulfil** | past · passive | | this days | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | past | the king | a feast | | the court of the garden of the king's palace | day | unto all people | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feast=Product | | 3 | **is** | past | all people | | | Shushan | | present *property* | 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} וּבִמְל֣וֹאת ׀ הַיָּמִ֣ים הָאֵ֗לֶּה עָשָׂ֣ה הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ לְכָל־הָעָ֣ם הַנִּמְצְאִים֩ בְּשׁוּשַׁ֨ן הַבִּירָ֜ה לְמִגָּ֧דוֹל וְעַד־קָטָ֛ן מִשְׁתֶּ֖ה שִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִ֑ים בַּחֲצַ֕ר גִּנַּ֥ת בִּיתַ֖ן הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ [Esther 1:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.1.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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