--- title: Daniel 6:8 (JPS 1917) — All the presidents of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the… · tree and pragmatics description: All the presidents of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the ministers and the governors, have consulted together that the king should establish a statute, and make a strong interdict, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be ca --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.184/) [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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN/6/) / [6:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.8/) / JPS 1 # Daniel 6:8 · JPS 1917 All the presidents of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the ministers and the governors, have consulted together that the king should establish a statute, and make a strong interdict, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. **Who acts:** presidents, king, whosoever · **What happens:** consult, establish, make, ask, cast, petition · **To what, where:** statute, strong interdict, petition, king, den, god This is Daniel 6:8 · 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 (presidents, 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:184 # text = All the presidents of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the ministers and the governors, have consulted together that the king should establish a statute, and make a strong interdict, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 3 det:predet _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 presidents president NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 prefects prefect NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 satraps satrap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 ministers minister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 governors governor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 conj _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 20 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 consulted consult VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 22 together together ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 26 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 establish establish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 statute statute NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 interdict interdict NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 38 whosoever whosoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 39 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 62 advcl _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 petition petition NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 45 det _ _ 45 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 46 or or CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ _ 48 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 50 nummod _ _ 50 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 52 save save ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 obl _ _ 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 O o INTJ UH _ 57 discourse _ _ 57 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 vocative _ _ 58 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 59 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj:pass _ _ 60 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 61 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 62 aux:pass _ _ 62 cast cast VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl _ _ 63 into into ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 den den NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 67 lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 65 nmod _ _ 68 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: suggest - voice: character - polarity: none - indirect: yes - teacher: changed act=suggest, indirect=1, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consult** | present · perfect | all presidents of the kingdom and the prefects and the satraps and the ministers and the governors | | | | | together *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **establish** | should | the king | a statute | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statute=Patient | | 3 | **make** | infinitive | the king *not said here* | a strong interdict | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset interdict=Product | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | shall | whosoever | a petition of any god or man | | | day | save thee | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent petition=Recipient | | 5 | **cast** | shall · passive | | king | | the den of lions | | king *vocative* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: subject=Material into den=Product | | 6 | **petition** | | | any god or man | | | | | nom petition «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} אִתְיָעַ֜טוּ כֹּ֣ל ׀ סָרְכֵ֣י מַלְכוּתָ֗א סִגְנַיָּ֤א וַֽאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּא֙ הַדָּֽבְרַיָּ֣א וּפַחֲוָתָ֔א לְקַיָּמָ֤ה קְיָם֙ מַלְכָּ֔א וּלְתַקָּפָ֖ה אֱסָ֑ר דִּ֣י כָל־דִּֽי־יִבְעֵ֣ה בָ֠עוּ מִן־כָּל־אֱלָ֨הּ וֶֽאֱנָ֜שׁ עַד־יוֹמִ֣ין תְּלָתִ֗ין לָהֵן֙ מִנָּ֣ךְ מַלְכָּ֔א יִתְרְמֵ֕א לְגֹ֖ב אַרְיָוָתָֽא׃ [Daniel 6:8: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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