--- title: Esther 5:8 (JPS 1917) — if I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please th… · tree and pragmatics description: if I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request — let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to-morrow as the king hath said.' Who acts: I, petition, you, king. 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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 (I, petition, you, 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:88 # text = if I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request — let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to-morrow as the king hath said.' 1 if if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 5 favour favour NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 14 if if SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 please please VERB VB Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 grant grant VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 21 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 petition petition NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 perform perform VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 27 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 request request NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 — - PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 30 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 Haman Haman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 35 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 banquet banquet NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 obj _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 prepare prepare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 acl:relcl _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 50 punct _ _ 52 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 53 as as SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nsubj _ _ 56 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 57 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 49 advcl _ _ 58 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ _ 59 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - indirect: yes - teacher: changed voice=character, act=request, form=imp | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · perfect | I | favour | | the sight of the king | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent favour=Topic | | 2 | **please** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive | petition | the king | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **grant** | to-infinitive | petition *not said here* | my petition | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent petition=Theme | | 4 | **perform** | to-infinitive | petition *not said here* | my request | | | | | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent request=Theme | | 5 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | the king and Haman | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **come** | infinitive | the king and Haman *not said here* | | | the banquet | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to banquet=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **prepare** | shall | I | the banquet | | | | for them *= they* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent that=Product for they=Beneficiary | | 8 | **do** | future | I | | | | | to morrow | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · perfect | the king | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **sight** | | | the king | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 11 | **petition** | | my | | | | | | nom petition «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **request** | | my | | | | | | nom request «communication 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} אִם־מָצָ֨אתִי חֵ֜ן בְּעֵינֵ֣י הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ וְאִם־עַל־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ ט֔וֹב לָתֵת֙ אֶת־שְׁאֵ֣לָתִ֔י וְלַעֲשׂ֖וֹת אֶת־בַּקָּשָׁתִ֑י יָב֧וֹא הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ וְהָמָ֗ן אֶל־הַמִּשְׁתֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֣ה לָהֶ֔ם וּמָחָ֥ר אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֖ה כִּדְבַ֥ר הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ [Esther 5:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.5.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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