--- title: Daniel 6:21 (JPS 1917) — And when he came near unto the den to Daniel, he cried with a pained… · tree and pragmatics description: And when he came near unto the den to Daniel, he cried with a pained voice; the king spoke and said to Daniel: 'O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?' Who acts: king, thou. 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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, 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:198 # text = And when he came near unto the den to Daniel, he cried with a pained voice; the king spoke and said to Daniel: 'O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 5 near near ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 unto unto ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 den den NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Daniel Daniel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 pained pain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Daniel Daniel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 26 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 27 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ _ 28 O o INTJ UH _ 29 discourse _ _ 29 Daniel Daniel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 vocative _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 appos _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 living live ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 ccomp _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 43 obj _ _ 42 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 43 nsubj _ _ 43 servest serve VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 44 continually continually ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ _ 49 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 48 obj _ _ 50 from from ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ _ 53 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ 54 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=q, act=ask | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | king | | | | | unto the den to Daniel; near *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | king | | | | | with a pained voice | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with voice=Theme | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the king | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king *not said here* | | Daniel | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to daniel=Recipient | | 5 | **is a** | present | | thy God | | | | Daniel *vocative* | tree rules | | 6 | **serve** | present | thou | thy God | | | | continually *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Attribute | | 7 | **deliver** | to-infinitive | | thee | | | | from the lions | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent thou=Theme from lion=Initial\_Location | 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} וּכְמִקְרְבֵ֣הּ לְגֻבָּ֔א לְדָ֣נִיֵּ֔אל בְּקָ֥ל עֲצִ֖יב זְעִ֑ק עָנֵ֨ה מַלְכָּ֜א וְאָמַ֣ר לְדָנִיֵּ֗אל דָּֽנִיֵּאל֙ עֲבֵד֙ אֱלָהָ֣א חַיָּ֔א אֱלָהָ֗ךְ דִּ֣י אַ֤נְתְּ פָּֽלַֽח־לֵהּ֙ בִּתְדִירָ֔א הַיְכִ֥ל לְשֵׁיזָבוּתָ֖ךְ מִן־אַרְיָוָתָֽא׃ [Daniel 6:21: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DAN:198` 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 6:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.197/) - next →: [Daniel 6:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.199/) - ↑ back to [Daniel 6:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.21/)