Daniel 3:28 · JPS 1917
Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said: 'Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent His angel, and delivered His servants that trusted in Him, and have changed the king's word, and have yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
Who acts: Nebuchadnezzar, God, servants, gods, king · What happens: speak, say, be, send, deliver, trust · To what, where: angel, servants, word, bodies, god · Speech: someone speaks here
This is Daniel 3:28 · 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 (Nebuchadnezzar, God, servants, gods), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nebuchadnezzar | Nebuchadnezzar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 spoke | nsubj |
| 2 | spoke | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 said | cc |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 spoke | conj |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 Blessed | punct |
| 6 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 7 Blessed | punct |
| 7 | Blessed | blessed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 said | ccomp |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 Blessed | cop |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 God | det |
| 10 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Blessed | nsubj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 Shadrach | case |
| 12 | Shadrach | Shadrach | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 God | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 Meshach | punct |
| 14 | Meshach | Meshach | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Shadrach | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 nego | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 nego | cc |
| 17 | Abed | Abed | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 nego | compound |
| 18 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 17 Abed | punct |
| 19 | nego | nego | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Shadrach | conj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 sent | punct |
| 21 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 sent | nsubj |
| 22 | hath | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 sent | aux |
| 23 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 10 God | acl:relcl |
| 24 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 angel | nmod:poss |
| 25 | angel | angel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 sent | obj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 delivered | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 delivered | cc |
| 28 | delivered | deliver | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 23 sent | conj |
| 29 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 servants | nmod:poss |
| 30 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 delivered | obj |
| 31 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 32 trusted | nsubj |
| 32 | trusted | trust | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 servants | acl:relcl |
| 33 | in | in | ADP | _ | 34 Him | case |
| 34 | Him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 trusted | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 changed | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 changed | cc |
| 37 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 38 changed | aux |
| 38 | changed | change | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 32 trusted | conj |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 king | det |
| 40 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 word | nmod:poss |
| 41 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 40 king | case |
| 42 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 changed | obj |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 yielded | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 yielded | cc |
| 45 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 yielded | aux |
| 46 | yielded | yield | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 32 trusted | conj |
| 47 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 48 bodies | nmod:poss |
| 48 | bodies | body | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 yielded | obj |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 serve | punct |
| 50 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 54 serve | mark |
| 51 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 54 serve | nsubj |
| 52 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 54 serve | aux |
| 53 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 54 serve | advmod |
| 54 | serve | serve | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 46 yielded | advcl |
| 55 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 56 worship | cc |
| 56 | worship | worship | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 54 serve | conj |
| 57 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 58 god | det |
| 58 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 worship | obj |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 God | punct |
| 60 | except | except | ADP | _ | 63 God | case |
| 61 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 63 God | nmod:poss |
| 62 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 63 God | amod |
| 63 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 56 worship | obl |
| 64 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 spoke | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- express
- voice
- character
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- kept the draft
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak speech: other | past | Nebuchadnezzar | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Nebuchadnezzar not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | infinitive | the God of Shadrach and Meshach and Abed nego | blessed property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | send | present · perfect | the God of Shadrach and Meshach and Abed nego | Nebuchadnezzar's angel | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent angel=Theme | ||||
| 5 | deliver | participle | the God of Shadrach and Meshach and Abed nego not said here | Nebuchadnezzar's servants | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=Patient | ||||
| 6 | trust | past | Nebuchadnezzar's servants | in Nebuchadnezzar | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | change | present · perfect | Nebuchadnezzar's servants not said here | the king's word | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient | ||||
| 8 | yield | present · perfect | Nebuchadnezzar's servants not said here | gods's bodies | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent body=Theme | ||||
| 9 | not serve | might | gods = god | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 10 | worship | infinitive | gods = god not said here | any god | except gods's own God | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer god=Stimulus | |||
| 11 | word | the king | nom word «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 Aramaic of this verse
עָנֵ֨ה נְבֽוּכַדְנֶצַּ֜ר וְאָמַ֗ר בְּרִ֤יךְ אֱלָהֲהוֹן֙ דִּֽי־שַׁדְרַ֤ךְ מֵישַׁךְ֙ וַעֲבֵ֣ד נְג֔וֹ עֲבֵ֣ד נְג֔וֹ דִּֽי־שְׁלַ֤ח מַלְאֲכֵהּ֙ וְשֵׁיזִ֣ב לְעַבְד֔וֹהִי דִּ֥י הִתְרְחִ֖צוּ עֲל֑וֹהִי וּמִלַּ֤ת מַלְכָּא֙ שַׁנִּ֔יו וִיהַ֣בוּ גֶשְׁמְה֗וֹןדִּ֠י לָֽא־יִפְלְח֤וּן וְלָֽא־יִסְגְּדוּן֙ לְכָל־אֱלָ֔הּ לָהֵ֖ן לֵאלָֽהֲהֽוֹן׃
Daniel 3:28: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:DAN:102 of Mova's parse database.
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