--- title: Daniel 2:5 (JPS 1917) — The king answered and said to the Chaldeans: 'The thing is certain w… · tree and pragmatics description: The king answered and said to the Chaldeans: 'The thing is certain with me; if ye make not known unto me the dream and the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill. Who acts: king, thing, ye. 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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 (king, thing, ye), 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:26 # text = The king answered and said to the Chaldeans: 'The thing is certain with me; if ye make not known unto me the dream and the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Chaldeans chaldean PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 9 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 10 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ _ 11 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 ccomp _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 18 if if SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 nsubj _ _ 20 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 xcomp _ _ 23 unto unto ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 iobj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 interpretation interpretation NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 30 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 parataxis _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 40 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 conj _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 dunghill dunghill NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 xcomp _ _ 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: warn - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed act=warn | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the king | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king *not said here* | | the Chaldeans | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to chaldean=Recipient | | 3 | **is** | present | the thing | | | | | with me; certain *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **make** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | ye | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **know** | participle | ye *not said here* | the dream and the interpretation | me | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **cut** | shall · passive | | ye | | pieces | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 7 | **make** | shall · passive | | your houses | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | 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} עָנֵ֤ה מַלְכָּא֙ וְאָמַ֣ר לְכַשְׂדָּאֵ֔י מִלְּתָ֖א מִנִּ֣י אַזְדָּ֑א הֵ֣ן לָ֤א תְהֽוֹדְעוּנַּ֙נִי֙ חֶלְמָ֣א וּפִשְׁרֵ֔הּ הַדָּמִין֙ תִּתְעַבְד֔וּן וּבָתֵּיכ֖וֹן נְוָלִ֥י יִתְּשָׂמֽוּן׃ [Daniel 2:5: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DAN:26` 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 2:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.25/) - next →: [Daniel 2:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.27/) - ↑ back to [Daniel 2:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.5/)