--- title: Daniel 6:4 (JPS 1917) — Then this Daniel distinguished himself above the presidents and the… · tree and pragmatics description: Then this Daniel distinguished himself above the presidents and the satraps, because a surpassing spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm. Who acts: Daniel, surpassing spirit, king. 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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 (Daniel, surpassing spirit, king), 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:180 # text = Then this Daniel distinguished himself above the presidents and the satraps, because a surpassing spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 Daniel Daniel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 distinguished distinguish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obj _ _ 6 above above ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 presidents president NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 satraps satrap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 13 because because SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 surpassing surpassing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 advcl _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 over over ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 realm realm NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **distinguish** | past | this Daniel | Daniel | | the presidents and the satraps | then | | vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Attribute himself=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | a surpassing spirit | | | | | in king | tree rules | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the king | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **set** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | Daniel | | the whole realm | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme over realm=Destination | 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} אֱדַ֙יִן֙ דָּנִיֵּ֣אל דְּנָ֔ה הֲוָ֣א מִתְנַצַּ֔ח עַל־סָרְכַיָּ֖א וַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֑א כָּל־קֳבֵ֗ל דִּ֣י ר֤וּחַ יַתִּירָא֙ בֵּ֔הּ וּמַלְכָּ֣א עֲשִׁ֔ית לַהֲקָמוּתֵ֖הּ עַל־כָּל־מַלְכוּתָֽא׃ [Daniel 6:4: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DAN:180` 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 6:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.179/) - next →: [Daniel 6:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.181/) - ↑ back to [Daniel 6:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.4/)