--- title: Daniel 6:27 (JPS 1917) — I make a decree, that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble… · tree and pragmatics description: I make a decree, that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel; for He is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and His kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and His dominion shall be even unto the end; Who acts: I, men, Daniel, dominion. 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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 (I, men, Daniel, dominion), 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:205 # text = I make a decree, that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel; for He is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and His kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and His dominion shall be even unto the end; 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 decree decree NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 10 det:predet _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 dominion dominion NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 15 tremble tremble VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 fear fear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 18 before before ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Daniel Daniel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 24 for for SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 25 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 living live ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 stedfast stedfast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 conj _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 ever ever ADV RB _ 32 obl _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 40 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nmod _ _ 41 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 destroyed destroy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl:relcl _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 47 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 dominion dominion NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 49 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 50 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 54 cop _ _ 51 even even ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 52 unto unto ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 55 ; ; PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | I | a decree | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent decree=Product | | 2 | **tremble** | present | men | a decree *not said here* | | all dominion of my kingdom | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location decree=Theme | | 3 | **fear** | present | men *not said here* | | | | before the God of Daniel | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is a** | present | Daniel | the living God and Daniel's kingdom the living God and Daniel's kingdom the living God and the end and the end | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **be** | | Daniel *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **destroy** | shall · passive | | | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP» | | 7 | **is** | shall | Daniel's dominion | | | | unto the end | | tree rules | 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} מִן־קֳדָמַי֮ שִׂ֣ים טְעֵם֒ דִּ֣י ׀ בְּכָל־שָׁלְטָ֣ן מַלְכוּתִ֗י לֶהֱוֺ֤ן זָיְעִין֙ וְדָ֣חֲלִ֔ין מִן־קֳדָ֖ם אֱלָהֵ֣הּ דִּי־דָֽנִיֵּ֑אל דִּי־ה֣וּא ׀ אֱלָהָ֣א חַיָּ֗א וְקַיָּם֙ לְעָ֣לְמִ֔ין וּמַלְכוּתֵהּ֙ דִּֽי־לָ֣א תִתְחַבַּ֔ל וְשָׁלְטָנֵ֖הּ עַד־סוֹפָֽא׃ [Daniel 6:27: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.27/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DAN:205` 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 6:26 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.204/) - next →: [Daniel 6:28 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.206/) - ↑ back to [Daniel 6:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.27/)