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title: Daniel 3:26 (JPS 1917) — Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furn… · tree and pragmatics
description: Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace; he spoke and said: 'Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants of God Most High, come forth, and come hither.' Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, came forth out of the midst of the fire. Who acts: Nebuchadnezzar, Shadrac
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# Daniel 3:26 · JPS 1917

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Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace; he spoke and said: 'Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants of God Most High, come forth, and come hither.' Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, came forth out of the midst of the fire.

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**Who acts:** Nebuchadnezzar, Shadrach · **What happens:** come, speak, say · **To what, where:** mouth, midst · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Daniel 3:26 · 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, Shadrach), 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:DAN:100
# text = Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace; he spoke and said: 'Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants of God Most High, come forth, and come hither.' Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, came forth out of the midst of the fire.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
2	Nebuchadnezzar	Nebuchadnezzar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	near	near	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	burning	burning	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	fiery	fiery	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	furnace	furnace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
13	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	conj	_	_
18	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
19	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	20	punct	_	_
20	Shadrach	Shadrach	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	vocative	_	_
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	Meshach	Meshach	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	_
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
25	Abed	Abed	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	compound	_	_
26	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	25	punct	_	_
27	nego	Nego	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	_
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
29	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	30	det	_	_
30	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	appos	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	_
33	Most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	34	advmod	_	_
34	High	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
36	come	come	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	17	ccomp	_	_
37	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	_
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
40	come	come	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	36	conj	_	_
41	hither	hither	ADV	RB	_	40	advmod	_	_
42	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	36	punct	_	_
43	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	36	punct	_	_
44	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	54	advmod	_	_
45	Shadrach	Shadrach	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	54	nsubj	_	_
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
47	Meshach	Meshach	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	45	conj	_	_
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
50	Abed	Abed	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	52	compound	_	_
51	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	52	punct	_	_
52	nego	Nego	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	45	conj	_	_
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
54	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
55	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	54	advmod	_	_
56	out	out	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
57	of	of	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
58	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
59	midst	midst	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obl	_	_
60	of	of	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
62	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	nmod	_	_
63	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | Nebuchadnezzar |  |  | the mouth of the burning fiery furnace | then | near *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to mouth=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Nebuchadnezzar |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Nebuchadnezzar *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **come** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | Shadrach and Meshach and Abed nego *vocative*; forth *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **come** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | hither *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **come** | past | Shadrach and Meshach and Abed nego |  |  | the midst of the fire | then | forth *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme out midst=Initial\_Location |

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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 {#hebrew}

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בֵּאדַ֜יִן קְרֵ֣ב נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֗ר לִתְרַע֮ אַתּ֣וּן נוּרָ֣א יָקִֽדְתָּא֒ עָנֵ֣ה וְאָמַ֗ר שַׁדְרַ֨ךְ מֵישַׁ֧ךְ וַעֲבֵד־נְג֛וֹעֲבֵד־נְג֛וֹ עַבְד֛וֹהִי דִּֽי־אֱלָהָ֥א עִלָּאָ֖ה פֻּ֣קוּ וֶאֱת֑וֹ בֵּאדַ֣יִן נָֽפְקִ֗ין שַׁדְרַ֥ךְ מֵישַׁ֛ךְ וַעֲבֵ֥ד נְג֖וֹ עֲבֵ֥ד נְג֖וֹ מִן־גּ֥וֹא נוּרָֽא׃

[Daniel 3:26: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.26/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DAN:100` of Mova's parse database.

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