--- title: Daniel 1:13 (JPS 1917) — Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the counte… · tree and pragmatics description: Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the youths that eat of the king's food; and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.' Who acts: countenances, youths, thou. 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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 (countenances, youths, thou), 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:12 # text = Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the youths that eat of the king's food; and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.' 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 3 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 countenances countenance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 looked look VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 xcomp _ _ 7 upon upon ADP IN _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 before before ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 countenance countenance NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 youths youth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ 17 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 's 's PART POS _ 21 case _ _ 23 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 nsubj _ _ 28 seest see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 30 deal deal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 34 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 35 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | infinitive | our countenances and the countenance of the youths | | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **look upon** | infinitive · passive | our countenances and the countenance of the youths *not said here* | | | | before thee | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: before thou=Theme | | 3 | **eat** | present | the youths | | | | | of the king's food | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent of food=Source | | 4 | **see** | present | thou | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **deal** | infinitive | our countenances and the countenance of the youths *not said here* | | | | | with thy servants | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with servant=Theme | 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 Hebrew of this verse {#hebrew} וְיֵרָא֤וּ לְפָנֶ֙יךָ֙ מַרְאֵ֔ינוּ וּמַרְאֵה֙ הַיְלָדִ֔ים הָאֹ֣כְלִ֔ים אֵ֖ת פַּתְבַּ֣ג הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וְכַאֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּרְאֵ֔ה עֲשֵׂ֖ה עִם־עֲבָדֶֽיךָ׃ [Daniel 1:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.1.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DAN:12` 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 1:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.11/) - next →: [Daniel 1:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.13/) - ↑ back to [Daniel 1:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.1.13/)