--- title: Daniel 5:11 (JPS 1917) — there is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy god… · tree and pragmatics description: there is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; and the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made him master of the magicians, enchanters, C --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.155/) [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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN/5/) / [5:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.11/) / JPS 1 # Daniel 5:11 · JPS 1917 there is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; and the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made him master of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and astrologers; **Who acts:** man, I, king Nebuchadnezzar · **What happens:** be, find, say, make · **To what, where:** spirit, light, man · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Daniel 5:11 · 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 (man, I, king Nebuchadnezzar), 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:155 # text = there is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; and the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made him master of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and astrologers; 1 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 obl _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 acl:relcl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 understanding understanding NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 like like ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ _ 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 60 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 nsubj _ _ 48 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 appos _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 appos _ _ 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 parataxis _ _ 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 appos _ _ 59 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 60 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 61 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 obj _ _ 62 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 xcomp _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 magicians magician NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 nmod _ _ 66 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 67 enchanters enchanter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 65 conj _ _ 68 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 69 Chaldeans Chaldean PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 65 conj _ _ 70 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 71 and and CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 72 astrologers astrologer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 65 conj _ _ 73 ; ; PUNCT : _ 2 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 | **be** | present | a man in thy kingdom | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | present | | the spirit | | | | in a man in thy kingdom; of the holy gods | tree rules | | 3 | **find** | past · passive | | light and understanding and wisdom | | | day | like the wisdom of the gods; in man | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **make** | past | king Nebuchadnezzar | man | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Product | 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} אִיתַ֨י גְּבַ֜ר בְּמַלְכוּתָ֗ךְ דִּ֠י ר֣וּחַ אֱלָהִ֣ין קַדִּישִׁין֮ בֵּהּ֒ וּבְיוֹמֵ֣י אֲבוּ֗ךְ נַהִיר֧וּ וְשָׂכְלְתָנ֛וּ וְחָכְמָ֥ה כְּחָכְמַת־אֱלָהִ֖ין הִשְׁתְּכַ֣חַת בֵּ֑הּ וּמַלְכָּ֤א נְבֻֽכַדְנֶצַּר֙ אֲבוּ֔ךְ רַ֧ב חַרְטֻמִּ֣ין אָֽשְׁפִ֗ין כַּשְׂדָּאִין֙ גָּזְרִ֔ין הֲקִימֵ֖הּ אֲבוּ֥ךְ מַלְכָּֽא׃ [Daniel 5:11: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DAN:155` 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 5:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.154/) - next →: [Daniel 5:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.156/) - ↑ back to [Daniel 5:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.11/)