--- title: Daniel 5:16 (JPS 1917) — But I have heard of thee, that thou canst give interpretations, and… · tree and pragmatics description: But I have heard of thee, that thou canst give interpretations, and loose knots; now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt rule as one of three in the kingdom.' 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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), 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:162 # text = But I have heard of thee, that thou canst give interpretations, and loose knots; now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt rule as one of three in the kingdom.' 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 obl _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nsubj _ _ 10 canst can AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 12 interpretations interpretation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 loose loose ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 knots knot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 18 now now ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 19 if if SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 nsubj _ _ 21 canst can AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 advcl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 writing writing NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 28 known know ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 xcomp _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 interpretation interpretation NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 33 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 35 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 clothed clothe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 purple purple NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 chain chain NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 48 about about ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 53 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 rule rule VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 conj _ _ 55 as as ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 54 obl _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 56 nmod _ _ 59 in in ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nmod _ _ 62 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 63 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | present · perfect | I | | | | | of thee | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **give** | can | thou | interpretations | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent interpretation=Theme | | 3 | **read** *a condition, not said to happen* | can | thou | the writing | | | now | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent writing=Topic | | 4 | **make** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | the interpretation | | | | know *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset interpretation=Product | | 5 | **clothe** | shall · passive | | thou | | | | with purple | vn dress-41.1.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **have** | infinitive | | a chain of gold | | | | about thy neck | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chain=Patient | | 7 | **rule** | shall | | | | | | as one of three in the kingdom | 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} וַאֲנָה֙ שִׁמְעֵ֣ת עֲלָ֔ךְ דִּֽי־תִיכּ֥וּלפִּשְׁרִ֛ין לְמִפְשַׁ֖ר וְקִטְרִ֣ין לְמִשְׁרֵ֑א כְּעַ֡ן הֵן֩ תִּכ֨וּל כְּתָבָ֜א לְמִקְרֵ֗א וּפִשְׁרֵהּ֙ לְהוֹדָ֣עֻתַ֔נִי אַרְגְּוָנָ֣א תִלְבַּ֗שׁ וְהַֽמְנִיכָ֤אדִֽי־דַהֲבָא֙ עַֽל־צַוְּארָ֔ךְ וְתַלְתָּ֥א בְמַלְכוּתָ֖א תִּשְׁלַֽט׃פ [Daniel 5:16: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DAN:162` 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 5:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.161/) - next →: [Daniel 5:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.163/) - ↑ back to [Daniel 5:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.16/)