--- title: Daniel 6:23 (JPS 1917) — My God hath sent His angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, and the… · tree and pragmatics description: My God hath sent His angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, and they have not hurt me; forasmuch as before Him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.' Who acts: God, lions, I. 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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 (God, lions, I), 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:200 # text = My God hath sent His angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, and they have not hurt me; forasmuch as before Him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.' 1 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 angel angel NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 shut shut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 ' 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 mouths mouth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 21 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 23 forasmuch forasmuch ADV RB _ 25 fixed _ _ 24 as as ADP IN _ 25 fixed _ _ 25 before before SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 29 mark _ _ 26 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ _ 27 innocency innocency NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ _ 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 34 also also ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 35 before before ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 43 obl _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 O o INTJ UH _ 39 discourse _ _ 39 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 appos _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 41 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 44 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 45 det _ _ 45 hurt hurt NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 47 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | present · perfect | My God | God's angel | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent angel=Theme | | 2 | **shut** | present · perfect | My God *not said here* | the lions's mouths | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent mouth=Patient | | 3 | **not** **hurt** | present · perfect | lions *= lion* | me | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Patient | | 4 | **find** | past · passive | | innocency | | | | in me; God *obl* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 5 | **do** | present · perfect | I | no hurt | | | before thee | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hurt=Eventuality | 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} אֱלָהִ֞י שְׁלַ֣ח מַלְאֲכֵ֗הּ וּֽסֲגַ֛ר פֻּ֥ם אַרְיָוָתָ֖א וְלָ֣א חַבְּל֑וּנִי כָּל־קֳבֵ֗ל דִּ֤י קָֽדָמ֙וֹהִי֙ זָכוּ֙ הִשְׁתְּכַ֣חַת לִ֔י וְאַ֤ף קָֽדָמָךְ֙ מַלְכָּ֔א חֲבוּלָ֖ה לָ֥א עַבְדֵֽת׃ [Daniel 6:23: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.23/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DAN:200` 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 6:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.199/) - next →: [Daniel 6:24 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.201/) - ↑ back to [Daniel 6:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.23/)