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title: Daniel 7:19 (JPS 1917) — Then I desired to know the truth concerning the fourth beast, which… · tree and pragmatics
description: Then I desired to know the truth concerning the fourth beast, which was diverse from all of them, exceeding terrible, whose teeth were of iron, and its nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet; Who acts: I, fourth beast, teeth. Daniel 7:19 in JPS 1917 wi
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# Daniel 7:19 · JPS 1917

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Then I desired to know the truth concerning the fourth beast, which was diverse from all of them, exceeding terrible, whose teeth were of iron, and its nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet;

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**Who acts:** I, fourth beast, teeth · **What happens:** desire, know, be, devour, break, stamp · **To what, where:** truth, all, pieces, residue

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This is Daniel 7:19 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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, fourth beast, teeth), 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:227
# text = Then I desired to know the truth concerning the fourth beast, which was diverse from all of them, exceeding terrible, whose teeth were of iron, and its nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet;
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	desired	desire	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	concerning	concern	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	fourth	fourth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	11	amod	_	_
11	beast	beast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	diverse	diverse	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	acl:relcl	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nmod	_	_
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	exceeding	exceedingly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	22	advmod	_	_
22	terrible	terrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	conj	_	_
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
24	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	25	nmod:poss	_	_
25	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	nsubj	_	_
26	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	cop	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	acl:relcl	_	_
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
31	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	32	nmod:poss	_	_
32	nails	nail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	conj	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	brass	brass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	_
35	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	37	punct	_	_
36	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	37	nsubj	_	_
37	devoured	devour	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	acl:relcl	_	_
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
39	brake	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	conj	_	_
40	in	in	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	obl	_	_
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
44	stamped	stamp	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	conj	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	residue	residue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obj	_	_
47	with	with	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	49	nmod:poss	_	_
49	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	obl	_	_
50	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- polarity: neg
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **desire** | past | I |  |  |  | then |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **know** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | the truth |  |  |  | concern the fourth beast | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer truth=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is** | past | the fourth beast |  |  | all |  | diverse *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** |  | the fourth beast *not said here* |  |  |  |  | exceedingly *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **is** | past | iron and truth's nails of brass's teeth |  |  |  |  | of iron and truth's nails of brass | tree rules |
| 6 | **devour** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **break** | past |  |  |  | pieces |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in piece=Location |
| 8 | **stamp** | past |  | the residue |  |  |  | with truth's feet | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent residue=Destination with foot=Theme |

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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}

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אֱדַ֗יִן צְבִית֙ לְיַצָּבָ֔א עַל־חֵֽיוְתָא֙ רְבִיעָ֣יְתָ֔א דִּֽי־הֲוָ֥ת שָֽׁנְיָ֖ה מִן־כָּלְּהֵ֑ין דְּחִילָ֣ה יַתִּ֗ירָה שִׁנַּ֤הּ דִּֽי־פַרְזֶל֙ וְטִפְרַ֣יהּ דִּֽי־נְחָ֔שׁ אָֽכְלָ֣ה מַדֲּקָ֔ה וּשְׁאָרָ֖א בְּרַגְלַ֥יהּרָֽפְסָֽה׃

[Daniel 7:19: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.19/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DAN:227` of Mova's parse database.

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