--- title: Daniel 6:15 (JPS 1917) — Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased, and s… · tree and pragmatics description: Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him; and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him. Who acts: 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 (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:191 # text = Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him; and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 when when SCONJ WRB _ 7 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 8 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 sore sore ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 displeased displease ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Daniel Daniel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 laboured labour VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 28 till till ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 going go NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 down down ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | king | this words | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | past | the king | | | | then | displease, sore *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **set** | past | the king *not said here* | king's heart | | Daniel | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent heart=Theme on daniel=Destination | | 4 | **deliver** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | king | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 5 | **labour** | past | king | | | | till the going down the sun | | vn work-73.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **deliver** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | king | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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} אֱדַ֨יִן מַלְכָּ֜א כְּדִ֧י מִלְּתָ֣א שְׁמַ֗ע שַׂגִּיא֙ בְּאֵ֣שׁ עֲל֔וֹהִי וְעַ֧ל דָּנִיֵּ֛אל שָׂ֥ם בָּ֖ל לְשֵׁיזָבוּתֵ֑הּ וְעַד֙ מֶֽעָלֵ֣י שִׁמְשָׁ֔א הֲוָ֥א מִשְׁתַּדַּ֖ר לְהַצָּלוּתֵֽהּ׃ [Daniel 6:15: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DAN:191` 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 6:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.190/) - next →: [Daniel 6:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.192/) - ↑ back to [Daniel 6:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.15/)