--- title: Daniel 4:29 (JPS 1917) — And thou shalt be driven from men, and thy dwelling shall be with th… · tree and pragmatics description: And thou shalt be driven from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; thou shalt be made to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee; until thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever He will.' 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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 (dwelling, thou, seven times, Most High), 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:138 # text = And thou shalt be driven from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; thou shalt be made to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee; until thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever He will.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 driven drive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 10 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 dwelling dwelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 12 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 cop _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 21 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 28 as as ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 oxen ox NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 34 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 36 over over ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 35 obl _ _ 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 39 until until SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 41 nsubj _ _ 41 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 Most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 45 amod _ _ 45 High high PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 46 ruleth rule VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 ccomp _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nmod _ _ 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 giveth give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 conj _ _ 55 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ _ 56 to to ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 whomsoever whomsoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 54 obl _ _ 58 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 59 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 acl:relcl _ _ 60 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ 61 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drive** | shall · passive | | thou | | | | from men | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme from man=Trajectory | | 2 | **is** | shall | thy dwelling | | | | | with the beasts; of the field | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | shall · passive | | thou | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **eat** | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* | grass | | | | as oxen | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Patient | | 5 | **pass** | shall | seven times | | | thee | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme over thou=Location | | 6 | **know** | present | thou | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **rule** | present | the Most High | | | the kingdom of men | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **give** | present | the Most High *not said here* | kingdom | whomsoever | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to whomsoever=Recipient | 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} וּמִן־אֲנָשָׁא֩ לָ֨ךְ טָֽרְדִ֜ין וְֽעִם־חֵיוַ֧ת בָּרָ֣א מְדֹרָ֗ךְ עִשְׂבָּ֤א כְתוֹרִין֙ לָ֣ךְ יְטַעֲמ֔וּן וְשִׁבְעָ֥ה עִדָּנִ֖ין יַחְלְפ֣וּן עֲלָ֑ךְ עַ֣ד דִּֽי־תִנְדַּ֗ע דִּֽי־שַׁלִּ֤יט עִלָּיָא֙בְּמַלְכ֣וּת אֲנָשָׁ֔א וּלְמַן־דִּ֥י יִצְבֵּ֖א יִתְּנִנַּֽהּ׃ [Daniel 4:29: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.29/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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