--- title: Daniel 7:4 (JPS 1917) — The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings; I beheld till the… · tree and pragmatics description: The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings; I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked off, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon two feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it. Who acts: first, 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 (first, 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:211 # text = The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings; I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked off, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon two feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 like like ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 10 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 16 till till SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 plucked pluck VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 advcl _ _ 22 off off ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 lifted lift VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 28 up up ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 from from ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 35 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 36 upon upon ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 38 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 39 as as ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod:poss _ _ 46 's 's PART POS _ 45 case _ _ 47 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ _ 52 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the first | | | | | like a lion | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | past | the first *not said here* | eagle's wings | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient | | 3 | **behold** | past | I | | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **pluck off** | past · passive | | the wings | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **lift up** | past · passive | | eagle | | the earth | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme from earth=Destination | | 6 | **make** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **stand** | infinitive | | | | two feet | | as a man | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon foot=Location | | 8 | **give** | past · passive | | a man's heart | eagle | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to it=Recipient | 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} קַדְמָיְתָ֣א כְאַרְיֵ֔ה וְגַפִּ֥ין דִּֽי־נְשַׁ֖ר לַ֑הּ חָזֵ֣ה הֲוֵ֡ית עַד֩ דִּי־מְּרִ֨יטוּ גַפַּ֜יהּ וּנְטִ֣ילַת מִן־אַרְעָ֗א וְעַל־רַגְלַ֙יִן֙ כֶּאֱנָ֣שׁ הֳקִימַ֔ת וּלְבַ֥ב אֱנָ֖שׁ יְהִ֥יב לַֽהּ׃ [Daniel 7:4: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DAN:211` 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 7:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.210/) - next →: [Daniel 7:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.212/) - ↑ back to [Daniel 7:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.4/)