--- title: Daniel 2:8 (JPS 1917) — The king answered and said: 'I know of a truth that ye would gain ti… · tree and pragmatics description: The king answered and said: 'I know of a truth that ye would gain time, inasmuch as ye see the thing is certain with me, Who acts: king, I, ye, thing. 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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, I, ye, thing), 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:29 # text = The king answered and said: 'I know of a truth that ye would gain time, inasmuch as ye see the thing is certain with me, 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|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 nsubj _ _ 15 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 gain gain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 acl _ _ 17 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 inasmuch inasmuch SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 fixed _ _ 21 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 nsubj _ _ 22 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 ccomp _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - indirect: yes - teacher: kept the draft | # | 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* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **know** | present | I | | | | | of a truth | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of truth=Stimulus | | 4 | **gain** | would | ye | a truth *not said here* | | | time | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent truth=Theme | | 5 | **see** | present | ye | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is** | present | the thing | | | | | with me; certain *property* | 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 Aramaic of this verse {#hebrew} עָנֵ֤ה מַלְכָּא֙ וְאָמַ֔ר מִן־יַצִּיב֙ יָדַ֣ע אֲנָ֔ה דִּ֥י עִדָּנָ֖א אַנְתּ֣וּן זָבְנִ֑ין כָּל־קֳבֵל֙ דִּ֣י חֲזֵית֔וֹן דִּ֥י אַזְדָּ֖א מִנִּ֥י מִלְּתָֽא׃ [Daniel 2:8: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DAN:29` 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 2:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.28/) - next →: [Daniel 2:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.30/) - ↑ back to [Daniel 2:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.8/)