--- title: Daniel 4:12 (JPS 1917) — Nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even in a ba… · tree and pragmatics description: Nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even in a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth; Who acts: you, stump, portion. 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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 (you, stump, portion), 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:120 # text = Nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even in a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth; 1 Nevertheless nevertheless ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 leave leave VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 stump stump NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 roots root NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 even even ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 band band NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 brass brass NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 tender tender ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 cop _ _ 33 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 xcomp _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 dew dew NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 portion portion NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 cop _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 xcomp _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ _ 54 ; ; PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | the stump of stump's roots | | the earth | | in a band of iron and brass; in the tender grass of the field; nevertheless *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent stump=Theme in earth=Location | | 2 | **let** | infinitive | you *not said here* | stump | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 3 | **is** | infinitive | stump *not said here* | | | | | with the dew of heaven; wet *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **let** | infinitive | flesh's portion | | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | infinitive | flesh's portion *not said here* | | | the grass of the earth | | with the beasts | tree rules | 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} בְּרַ֨ם עִקַּ֤ר שָׁרְשׁ֙וֹהִי֙ בְּאַרְעָ֣א שְׁבֻ֔קוּ וּבֶֽאֱסוּר֙ דִּֽי־פַרְזֶ֣ל וּנְחָ֔שׁ בְּדִתְאָ֖א דִּ֣י בָרָ֑א וּבְטַ֤ל שְׁמַיָּא֙ יִצְטַבַּ֔ע וְעִם־חֵיוְתָ֥א חֲלָקֵ֖הּ בַּעֲשַׂ֥ב אַרְעָֽא׃ [Daniel 4:12: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DAN:120` 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 4:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.119/) - next →: [Daniel 4:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.121/) - ↑ back to [Daniel 4:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.12/)