--- title: Daniel 6:5 (JPS 1917) — Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find occasion against… · tree and pragmatics description: Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him. Who acts: presidents, Daniel, error. 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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 (presidents, Daniel, error), 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:181 # text = Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 presidents president NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 satraps satrap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 7 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 occasion occasion NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 11 against against ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Daniel Daniel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 14 touching touch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 22 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 23 det _ _ 23 occasion occasion NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 25 cc _ _ 25 fault fault NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 27 forasmuch forasmuch ADV RB _ 31 mark _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 fixed _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 advcl _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 33 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 34 cc _ _ 34 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 35 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 34 expl _ _ 36 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 37 det _ _ 37 error error NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 38 or or CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 fault fault NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 40 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl _ _ 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 . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seek** | past | the presidents and the satraps | | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **find** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the presidents and the satraps *not said here* | occasion | | | | against Daniel | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent occasion=Topic | | 3 | **touch** | gerund | the presidents and the satraps *not said here* | the kingdom | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme kingdom=Co-Theme | | 4 | **find** | could | presidents *= president* | no occasion nor fault | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent occasion=Topic | | 5 | **is** | past | Daniel | | | | | faithful *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **be** | past | any error or fault | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **find** | participle | | any error or fault *not said here* | | | | in Daniel | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: 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} אֱדַ֨יִן סָֽרְכַיָּ֜א וַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֗א הֲו֨וֹ בָעַ֧יִן עִלָּ֛ה לְהַשְׁכָּחָ֥ה לְדָנִיֵּ֖אל מִצַּ֣ד מַלְכוּתָ֑א וְכָל־עִלָּ֨ה וּשְׁחִיתָ֜ה לָא־יָכְלִ֣ין לְהַשְׁכָּחָ֗ה כָּל־קֳבֵל֙ דִּֽי־מְהֵימַ֣ן ה֔וּא וְכָל־שָׁלוּ֙ וּשְׁחִיתָ֔ה לָ֥א הִשְׁתְּכַ֖חַת עֲלֽוֹהִי׃ [Daniel 6:5: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DAN:181` 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 6:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.180/) - next →: [Daniel 6:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.182/) - ↑ back to [Daniel 6:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.5/)