--- title: Esther 1:8 (JPS 1917) — And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel; for so t… · tree and pragmatics description: And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel; for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure. Who acts: drinking, none, king, hangings. 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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 (drinking, none, king, hangings), 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:7 # text = And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel; for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 drinking drinking NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 according according ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 8 case _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 5 fixed _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 10 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 12 nsubj _ _ 11 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 compel compel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ _ 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 14 for for SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 appointed appoint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 23 det:predet _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 officers officer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 ccomp _ _ 32 according according ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 37 case _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 32 fixed _ _ 34 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 35 det _ _ 35 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod:poss _ _ 36 's 's PART POS _ 35 case _ _ 37 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the drinking | | | | | according the law | tree rules | | 2 | **compel** | past · do-support | none | | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **appoint** | past · perfect | the king | | | | | to all officers of king's house | tree rules | | 4 | **do** | should | hangings *= hanging* | | | | | according every man's pleasure | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **please** | | every man | | | | | | nom pleasure «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | 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} וְהַשְּׁתִיָּ֥ה כַדָּ֖ת אֵ֣ין אֹנֵ֑ס כִּי־כֵ֣ן ׀ יִסַּ֣ד הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ עַ֚ל כָּל־רַ֣ב בֵּית֔וֹ לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת כִּרְצ֥וֹן אִישׁ־וָאִֽישׁ׃ [Esther 1:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.1.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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