--- title: Daniel 3:27 (JPS 1917) — And the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, and the king's min… · tree and pragmatics description: And the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, and the king's ministers, being gathered together, saw these men, that the fire had no power upon their bodies, nor was the hair of their head singed, neither were their cloaks changed, nor had the smell of fire passed on them. 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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 (satraps, fire, smell), 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:101 # text = And the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, and the king's ministers, being gathered together, saw these men, that the fire had no power upon their bodies, nor was the hair of their head singed, neither were their cloaks changed, nor had the smell of fire passed on them. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 satraps satrap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 prefects prefect NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 governors governor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 's 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 ministers minister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 gathered gather VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 advcl _ _ 20 together together ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 23 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 24 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 30 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 31 det _ _ 31 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 upon upon ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 bodies body NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 36 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 43 cc _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 43 singed singe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 conj _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 49 cc _ _ 46 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux:pass _ _ 47 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 cloaks cloak NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 49 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 conj _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 52 cc _ _ 52 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 smell smell NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nsubj _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ _ 57 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 52 xcomp _ _ 58 on on ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 obl _ _ 60 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#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 | **gather** | gerund · passive | the satraps and the prefects and the governors and the king's ministers *not said here* | | | | | together *property* | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V» | | 2 | **see** | past | the satraps and the prefects and the governors and the king's ministers | this men | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | past | the fire | no power | | | | upon ministers's bodies | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient | | 4 | **singe** | past · passive | | the hair of ministers's head | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **change** | past · passive | | ministers's cloaks | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **pass** | participle | the smell of fire | | | | | on ministers *= minister* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on they=Location | | 7 | **smell** | | fire | | | | | | nom smell «cognition intransitive»: of=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 {#hebrew} וּ֠מִֽתְכַּנְּשִׁין אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֞א סִגְנַיָּ֣א וּפַחֲוָתָא֮ וְהַדָּבְרֵ֣י מַלְכָּא֒ חָזַ֣יִן לְגֻבְרַיָּ֣א אִלֵּ֡ךְ דִּי֩ לָֽא־שְׁלֵ֨ט נוּרָ֜א בְּגֶשְׁמְה֗וֹן וּשְׂעַ֤ר רֵֽאשְׁהוֹן֙ לָ֣א הִתְחָרַ֔ךְ וְסָרְבָּלֵיה֖וֹן לָ֣א שְׁנ֑וֹ וְרֵ֣יחַ נ֔וּר לָ֥א עֲדָ֖ת בְּהֽוֹן׃ [Daniel 3:27: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.27/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DAN:101` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Daniel 3:26 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.100/) - next →: [Daniel 3:28 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.102/) - ↑ back to [Daniel 3:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.27/)