--- title: Daniel 1:4 (JPS 1917) — youths in whom was no blemish, but fair to look on, and skilful in a… · tree and pragmatics description: youths in whom was no blemish, but fair to look on, and skilful in all wisdom, and skilful in knowledge, and discerning in thought, and such as had ability to stand in the king's palace; and that he should teach them the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans. Who acts: youths, king. 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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 (youths, king), 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:3 # text = youths in whom was no blemish, but fair to look on, and skilful in all wisdom, and skilful in knowledge, and discerning in thought, and such as had ability to stand in the king's palace; and that he should teach them the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans. 1 youths youth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 obl _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 no no DET DT Polarity=Neg|PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 blemish blemish NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 12 on on ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 skilful skilful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 18 det _ _ 18 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 skilful skilful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 conj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 knowledge knowledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 discerning discern VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 conj _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 33 amod _ _ 32 as as ADP IN _ 31 fixed _ _ 33 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 34 ability ability NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 acl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 's 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 teach teach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 48 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 iobj _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 learning learning NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 conj _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 Chaldeans Chaldeans PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 53 nmod _ _ 57 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | youths | no blemish | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | youths *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **look on** | to-infinitive | youths *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **be** | | youths *not said here* | | | all wisdom | | | tree rules | | 5 | **discern** | gerund | youths *not said here* | | | thought | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **have** | past | youths *not said here* | ability | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ability=Patient | | 7 | **stand** | to-infinitive | youths *not said here* | ability *not said here* | | the king's palace | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in palace=Location | | 8 | **teach** *speech: other* | should | king | the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans | youths *= youth* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient learning=Topic | 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} יְלָדִ֣ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֵֽין־בָּהֶ֣ם כָּל־מוּם֩ וְטוֹבֵ֨י מַרְאֶ֜ה וּמַשְׂכִּילִ֣ים בְּכָל־חָכְמָ֗ה וְיֹ֤דְעֵי דַ֙עַת֙ וּמְבִינֵ֣י מַדָּ֔ע וַאֲשֶׁר֙ כֹּ֣חַ בָּהֶ֔ם לַעֲמֹ֖ד בְּהֵיכַ֣ל הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וּֽלֲלַמְּדָ֥ם סֵ֖פֶר וּלְשׁ֥וֹן כַּשְׂדִּֽים׃ [Daniel 1:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.1.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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