--- title: Daniel 4:31 (JPS 1917) — 'And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unt… · tree and pragmatics description: 'And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honoured Him that liveth for ever; for His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom from generation to generation; Who act --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.140/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Daniel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN/) / [chapter 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN/4/) / [4:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.31/) / JPS 1 # Daniel 4:31 · JPS 1917 'And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honoured Him that liveth for ever; for His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom from generation to generation; **Who acts:** I, understanding, dominion, mine · **What happens:** lift up, return, bless, praise, honour, live · **To what, where:** eyes, end, Most High, understanding, everlasting dominion This is Daniel 4:31 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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, understanding, dominion, mine), 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:140 # text = 'And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honoured Him that liveth for ever; for His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom from generation to generation; 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ _ 2 And and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 11 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 up up ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 mine mine PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 15 unto unto ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 mine mine PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 understanding understanding NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 22 unto unto ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 blessed bless VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 Most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 30 amod _ _ 30 High high PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 praised praise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 honoured honour VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 37 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 liveth live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 40 for for ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 ever ever ADV RB _ 40 fixed _ _ 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 43 for for SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 44 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 dominion dominion NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 46 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 47 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 everlasting everlasting ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 dominion dominion NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 advcl _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 52 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 conj _ _ 54 from from ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 generation generation NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ _ 56 to to ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 generation generation NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod _ _ 58 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lift up** | past | I | mine eyes | | | at the end of the days | unto heaven | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent eye=Theme at end=Destination | | 2 | **return** | past | mine understanding | | | | | unto me | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **bless** | past | I | the Most High | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent high=Theme | | 4 | **praise** | past | I | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **honour** | past | I *not said here* | understanding | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **live** | present | | | | | | for *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is a** | present | Nebuchadnezzar's dominion | a everlasting dominion and Nebuchadnezzar's kingdom from generation to generation | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **understand** | | mine | | | | | | nom understanding «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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} וְלִקְצָ֣ת יֽוֹמַיָּה֩ אֲנָ֨ה נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֜ר עַיְנַ֣י ׀ לִשְׁמַיָּ֣א נִטְלֵ֗ת וּמַנְדְּעִי֙ עֲלַ֣י יְת֔וּב וּלְעִלָּאָה֙ בָּרְכֵ֔ת וּלְחַ֥י עָלְמָ֖א שַׁבְּחֵ֣ת וְהַדְּרֵ֑ת דִּ֤י שָׁלְטָנֵהּ֙ שָׁלְטָ֣ן עָלַ֔ם וּמַלְכוּתֵ֖הּ עִם־דָּ֥ר וְדָֽר׃ [Daniel 4:31: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.31/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DAN:140` 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 4:30 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.139/) - next →: [Daniel 4:32 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.141/) - ↑ back to [Daniel 4:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.31/)