--- title: Daniel 4:15 (JPS 1917) — This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen; and thou, O Belteshazzar… · tree and pragmatics description: This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen; and thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation, forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation; but thou art able, for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee.' Who acts: I, thou, wise men, spirit. 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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, thou, wise men, spirit), 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:123 # text = This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen; and thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation, forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation; but thou art able, for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee.' 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 6 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 10 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nsubj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 O o INTJ UH _ 13 discourse _ _ 13 Belteshazzar Belteshazzar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 15 declare declare VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 interpretation interpretation NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 19 forasmuch forasmuch ADV RB _ 30 mark _ _ 20 as as ADP IN _ 19 fixed _ _ 21 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 24 det:predet _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 advcl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 known know ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 xcomp _ _ 34 unto unto ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 interpretation interpretation NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 39 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 42 nsubj _ _ 41 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 42 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 44 for for SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nmod _ _ 51 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 52 in in ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 42 advcl _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ 55 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present · perfect | I | this dream | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dream=Stimulus | | 2 | **declare** *speech: other* | infinitive | thou | the interpretation | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent interpretation=Attribute | | 3 | **not** **is** | present | all wise men of my kingdom | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **make** | to-infinitive | all wise men of my kingdom *not said here* | the interpretation | | | | unto me; know *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset interpretation=Product | | 5 | **is** | present | thou | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | present | the spirit of the holy gods | | | thee | | | 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} דְּנָה֙ חֶלְמָ֣א חֲזֵ֔ית אֲנָ֖ה מַלְכָּ֣א נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֑ר וְאַ֨נְתְּ בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּ֜ר פִּשְׁרֵ֣א ׀ אֱמַ֗ר כָּל־קֳבֵל֙ דִּ֣י ׀ כָּל־חַכִּימֵ֣י מַלְכוּתִ֗י לָֽא־יָכְלִ֤ין פִּשְׁרָא֙ לְהוֹדָ֣עֻתַ֔נִי וְאַ֣נְתְּ כָּהֵ֔ל דִּ֛י רֽוּחַ־אֱלָהִ֥ין קַדִּישִׁ֖ין בָּֽךְ׃ [Daniel 4:15: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DAN:123` 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 4:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.122/) - next →: [Daniel 4:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.124/) - ↑ back to [Daniel 4:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.15/)