--- title: Daniel 5:7 (JPS 1917) — The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon: 'Whosoever shall… · tree and pragmatics description: The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon: 'Whosoever shall read this writing, and declare unto me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall rule as one of three in the kingdom.' Who acts: king, Whosoever. 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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 (king, Whosoever), 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:151 # text = The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon: 'Whosoever shall read this writing, and declare unto me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall rule as one of three in the kingdom.' 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Babylon Babylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 13 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ _ 14 Whosoever whosoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 15 shall shall AUX MD _ 16 aux _ _ 16 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 17 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 det _ _ 18 writing writing NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 declare declare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 22 unto unto ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 interpretation interpretation NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 26 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 shall shall AUX MD _ 30 aux _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 clothed clothe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 purple purple NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 chain chain NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 40 about about ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 shall shall AUX MD _ 46 aux _ _ 46 rule rule VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 47 as as ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 46 obl _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 48 nmod _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ 55 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the king | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king *not said here* | | | | | to the wise men of Babylon | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to man=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 3 | **read** | shall | Whosoever | this writing | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent writing=Topic | | 4 | **declare** *speech: other* | infinitive | Whosoever *not said here* | the interpretation | | | | unto me | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent interpretation=Attribute | | 5 | **clothe** | shall · passive | Whosoever *not said here* | | | | | with purple | vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «NP V» | | 6 | **have** | infinitive | Whosoever *not said here* | a chain of gold | | | | about king's neck | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chain=Patient | | 7 | **rule** | shall | Whosoever *not said here* | | | the kingdom | | as one of three | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=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} קָרֵ֤א מַלְכָּא֙ בְּחַ֔יִל לְהֶֽעָלָה֙ לְאָ֣שְׁפַיָּ֔א כַּשְׂדָּאֵ֖י וְגָזְרַיָּ֑א עָנֵ֨ה מַלְכָּ֜א וְאָמַ֣ר ׀ לְחַכִּימֵ֣י בָבֶ֗ל דִּ֣י כָל־אֱ֠נָשׁ דִּֽי־יִקְרֵ֞ה כְּתָבָ֣ה דְנָ֗ה וּפִשְׁרֵהּ֙ יְחַוִּנַּ֔נִי אַרְגְּוָנָ֣א יִלְבַּ֗שׁ וְהַֽמְנִיכָ֤אדִֽי־דַהֲבָא֙ עַֽל־צַוְּארֵ֔הּ וְתַלְתִּ֥י בְמַלְכוּתָ֖א יִשְׁלַֽט׃ס [Daniel 5:7: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.7/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. [The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.150/) 2. **The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon: 'Whosoever shall read this writing, and declare unto me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall rule as one of three in the kingdom.'** **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DAN:151` 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 5:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.150/) - next →: [Daniel 5:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.152/) - ↑ back to [Daniel 5:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.7/)