--- title: Daniel 7:11 (JPS 1917) — I beheld at that time because of the voice of the great words which… · tree and pragmatics description: I beheld at that time because of the voice of the great words which the horn spoke, I beheld even till the beast was slain, and its body destroyed, and it was given to be burned with fire. Who acts: I, horn, body. 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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, horn, body), 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:218 # text = I beheld at that time because of the voice of the great words which the horn spoke, I beheld even till the beast was slain, and its body destroyed, and it was given to be burned with fire. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 9 case _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 6 fixed _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 14 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 obj _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 horn horn NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 21 even even ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 22 till till SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 slain slain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 advcl _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 destroyed destroy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 conj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 burned burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 xcomp _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **behold** | past | I | | | | time | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the horn | the great words | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **behold** | past | I | | | | | because the voice of the great words | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **slain** | past · passive | | the beast | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **destroy** | past | voice's body | | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **give** | past · passive | | body | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **burn** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | with fire | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: with fire=Theme | 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} חָזֵ֣ה הֲוֵ֔ית בֵּאדַ֗יִן מִן־קָל֙ מִלַּיָּ֣א רַבְרְבָתָ֔א דִּ֥י קַרְנָ֖א מְמַלֱּלָ֑ה חָזֵ֣ה הֲוֵ֡ית עַד֩ דִּ֨י קְטִילַ֤ת חֵֽיוְתָא֙ וְהוּבַ֣ד גִּשְׁמַ֔הּ וִיהִיבַ֖ת לִיקֵדַ֥ת אֶשָּֽׁא׃ [Daniel 7:11: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DAN:218` 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 7:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.217/) - next →: [Daniel 7:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.219/) - ↑ back to [Daniel 7:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.11/)