Daniel 6:4 · JPS 1917
Then this Daniel distinguished himself above the presidents and the satraps, because a surpassing spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
Who acts: Daniel, surpassing spirit, king · What happens: distinguish, be, think, set · To what, where: Daniel, presidents, whole realm
This is Daniel 6:4 · 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 (Daniel, surpassing spirit, 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 distinguished | advmod |
| 2 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 Daniel | det |
| 3 | Daniel | Daniel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 distinguished | nsubj |
| 4 | distinguished | distinguish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 4 distinguished | obj |
| 6 | above | above | ADP | _ | 8 presidents | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 presidents | det |
| 8 | presidents | president | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 distinguished | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 satraps | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 satraps | det |
| 11 | satraps | satrap | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 presidents | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 him | punct |
| 13 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 19 him | mark |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 spirit | det |
| 15 | surpassing | surpassing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 spirit | amod |
| 16 | spirit | spirit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 him | nsubj |
| 17 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 him | cop |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 him | case |
| 19 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 distinguished | advcl |
| 20 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 24 thought | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 thought | cc |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 king | det |
| 23 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 thought | nsubj |
| 24 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 distinguished | conj |
| 25 | to | to | PART | _ | 26 set | mark |
| 26 | set | set | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 thought | xcomp |
| 27 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 set | obj |
| 28 | over | over | ADP | _ | 31 realm | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 realm | det |
| 30 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 realm | amod |
| 31 | realm | realm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 set | obl |
| 32 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 distinguished | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- assert
- voice
- narrator
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- kept the draft
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | distinguish | past | this Daniel | Daniel | the presidents and the satraps | then | vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Attribute himself=Theme | ||
| 2 | is | past | a surpassing spirit | in king | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | think speech: other | past | the king | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | set | to-infinitive | the king not said here | Daniel | the whole realm | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme over realm=Destination |
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
אֱדַ֙יִן֙ דָּנִיֵּ֣אל דְּנָ֔ה הֲוָ֣א מִתְנַצַּ֔ח עַל־סָרְכַיָּ֖א וַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֑א כָּל־קֳבֵ֗ל דִּ֣י ר֤וּחַ יַתִּירָא֙ בֵּ֔הּ וּמַלְכָּ֣א עֲשִׁ֔ית לַהֲקָמוּתֵ֖הּ עַל־כָּל־מַלְכוּתָֽא׃
Daniel 6:4: 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:180 of Mova's parse database.
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