--- title: Daniel 8:2 (JPS 1917) — And I saw in the vision; now it was so, that when I saw, I was in Sh… · tree and pragmatics description: And I saw in the vision; now it was so, that when I saw, I was in Shushan the castle, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in the vision, and I was by the stream Ulai. Who acts: I, it, castle. 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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, it, castle), 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:239 # text = And I saw in the vision; now it was so, that when I saw, I was in Shushan the castle, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in the vision, and I was by the stream Ulai. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 vision vision NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 8 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 3 parataxis _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 14 when when SCONJ WRB _ 16 mark _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Shushan Shushan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 ccomp _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 appos _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 province province NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 acl:relcl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Elam Elam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 vision vision NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 43 by by ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 46 Ulai Ulai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 appos _ _ 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | I | | | the vision | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | it | | | | now | so *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | past | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** | past | I | | | Shushan | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | present | the castle | | | the province | | of Elam | tree rules | | 6 | **see** | past | I | | | the vision | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is** | past | I | | | | | by the stream | 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 Hebrew of this verse {#hebrew} וָֽאֶרְאֶה֮ בֶּחָזוֹן֒ וַיְהִי֙ בִּרְאֹתִ֔י וַאֲנִי֙ בְּשׁוּשַׁ֣ן הַבִּירָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּעֵילָ֣ם הַמְּדִינָ֑ה וָאֶרְאֶה֙ בֶּֽחָז֔וֹן וַאֲנִ֥י הָיִ֖יתִי עַל־אוּבַ֥ל אוּלָֽי׃ [Daniel 8:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.8.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DAN:239` 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 8:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.238/) - next →: [Daniel 8:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.240/) - ↑ back to [Daniel 8:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.8.2/)