Daniel 6:8 · JPS 1917
All the presidents of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the ministers and the governors, have consulted together that the king should establish a statute, and make a strong interdict, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
Who acts: presidents, king, whosoever · What happens: consult, establish, make, ask, cast, petition · To what, where: statute, strong interdict, petition, king, den, god
This is Daniel 6:8 · 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 (presidents, king, whosoever), 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 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 presidents | det:predet |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 presidents | det |
| 3 | presidents | president | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 consulted | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 kingdom | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 kingdom | det |
| 6 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 presidents | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 prefects | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 prefects | det |
| 9 | prefects | prefect | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 presidents | conj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 satraps | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 satraps | det |
| 12 | satraps | satrap | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 prefects | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 ministers | punct |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 ministers | det |
| 15 | ministers | minister | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 presidents | conj |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 governors | cc |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 governors | det |
| 18 | governors | governor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 ministers | conj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 presidents | punct |
| 20 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 consulted | aux |
| 21 | consulted | consult | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 22 | together | together | ADV | _ | 21 consulted | advmod |
| 23 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 27 establish | mark |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 king | det |
| 25 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 establish | nsubj |
| 26 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 27 establish | aux |
| 27 | establish | establish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 consulted | ccomp |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 statute | det |
| 29 | statute | statute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 establish | obj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 make | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 make | cc |
| 32 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 establish | conj |
| 33 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 35 interdict | det |
| 34 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 interdict | amod |
| 35 | interdict | interdict | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 make | obj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 cast | punct |
| 37 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 62 cast | mark |
| 38 | whosoever | whosoever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 40 ask | nsubj |
| 39 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 40 ask | aux |
| 40 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 62 cast | advcl |
| 41 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 42 petition | det |
| 42 | petition | petition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 ask | obj |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 god | case |
| 44 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 45 god | det |
| 45 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 petition | nmod |
| 46 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 47 man | cc |
| 47 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 god | conj |
| 48 | for | for | ADP | _ | 50 days | case |
| 49 | thirty | thirty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 50 days | nummod |
| 50 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 ask | obl |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 save | punct |
| 52 | save | save | ADP | _ | 54 thee | case |
| 53 | of | of | ADP | _ | 54 thee | case |
| 54 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 40 ask | obl |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 king | punct |
| 56 | O | o | INTJ | _ | 57 king | discourse |
| 57 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 cast | vocative |
| 58 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 cast | punct |
| 59 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 62 cast | nsubj:pass |
| 60 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 62 cast | aux |
| 61 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 62 cast | aux:pass |
| 62 | cast | cast | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 35 interdict | acl |
| 63 | into | into | ADP | _ | 65 den | case |
| 64 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 65 den | det |
| 65 | den | den | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 cast | obl |
| 66 | of | of | ADP | _ | 67 lions | case |
| 67 | lions | lion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 65 den | nmod |
| 68 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 21 consulted | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- suggest
- voice
- character
- polarity
- none
- indirect
- yes
- teacher
- changed act=suggest, indirect=1, voice=character
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | consult | present · perfect | all presidents of the kingdom and the prefects and the satraps and the ministers and the governors | together property | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | establish | should | the king | a statute | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statute=Patient | ||||
| 3 | make | infinitive | the king not said here | a strong interdict | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset interdict=Product | ||||
| 4 | ask speech: ask | shall | whosoever | a petition of any god or man | day | save thee | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent petition=Recipient | ||
| 5 | cast | shall · passive | king | the den of lions | king vocative | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: subject=Material into den=Product | |||
| 6 | petition | any god or man | nom petition «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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
אִתְיָעַ֜טוּ כֹּ֣ל ׀ סָרְכֵ֣י מַלְכוּתָ֗א סִגְנַיָּ֤א וַֽאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּא֙ הַדָּֽבְרַיָּ֣א וּפַחֲוָתָ֔א לְקַיָּמָ֤ה קְיָם֙ מַלְכָּ֔א וּלְתַקָּפָ֖ה אֱסָ֑ר דִּ֣י כָל־דִּֽי־יִבְעֵ֣ה בָ֠עוּ מִן־כָּל־אֱלָ֨הּ וֶֽאֱנָ֜שׁ עַד־יוֹמִ֣ין תְּלָתִ֗ין לָהֵן֙ מִנָּ֣ךְ מַלְכָּ֔א יִתְרְמֵ֕א לְגֹ֖ב אַרְיָוָתָֽא׃
Daniel 6:8: 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:184 of Mova's parse database.
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