--- title: Daniel 4:4 (JPS 1917) — Then came in the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the a… · tree and pragmatics description: Then came in the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers; and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof. Who acts: I, astrologers. 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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 (I, astrologers), 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:112 # text = Then came in the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers; and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 magicians magician NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 enchanters enchanter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Chaldeans Chaldean PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 astrologers astrologer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 before before ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 30 known know ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 xcomp _ _ 31 unto unto ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 interpretation interpretation NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 35 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | | | | the magicians and the enchanters and the Chaldeans and the astrologers | then | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in magician=Location | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | I | the dream | | | before astrologers *= astrologer* | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dream=Recipient | | 3 | **not** **make** | past · do-support | astrologers *= astrologer* | | | | | know *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | 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} בֵּאדַ֣יִן עָלִּ֗ין חַרְטֻמַיָּא֙ אָֽשְׁפַיָּ֔א כַּשְׂדָּאֵ֖י וְגָזְרַיָּ֑א וְחֶלְמָ֗א אָמַ֤ר אֲנָה֙ קֳדָ֣מֵיה֔וֹן וּפִשְׁרֵ֖הּ לָא־מְהוֹדְעִ֥ין לִֽי׃ [Daniel 4:4: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DAN:112` 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 4:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.111/) - next →: [Daniel 4:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.113/) - ↑ back to [Daniel 4:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.4/)