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title: Daniel 10:12 (JPS 1917) — Then said he unto me: 'Fear not, Daniel; for from the first day that… · tree and pragmatics
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# Daniel 10:12 · JPS 1917

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Then said he unto me: 'Fear not, Daniel; for from the first day that thou didst set thy heart to understand, and to humble thyself before thy God, thy words were heard; and I am come because of thy words.

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**Who acts:** hand, thou, I, thy · **What happens:** say, not fear, set, understand, humble, hear · **To what, where:** heart, thyself, words · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Daniel 10:12 · 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 (hand, thou, I, thy), 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:303
# text = Then said he unto me: 'Fear not, Daniel; for from the first day that thou didst set thy heart to understand, and to humble thyself before thy God, thy words were heard; and I am come because of thy words.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
2	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
4	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
7	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	_
8	Fear	fear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	Daniel	Daniel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	vocative	_	_
12	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	38	punct	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	17	amod	_	_
17	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
18	that	that	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	21	advmod	_	_
19	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	21	nsubj	_	_
20	didst	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
21	set	set	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	acl:relcl	_	_
22	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	_
24	to	to	PART	TO	_	25	mark	_	_
25	understand	understand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	xcomp	_	_
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
28	to	to	PART	TO	_	29	mark	_	_
29	humble	humble	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	25	conj	_	_
30	thyself	thyself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes|Style=Arch	29	obj	_	_
31	before	before	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	33	nmod:poss	_	_
33	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	_
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
35	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	36	nmod:poss	_	_
36	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	nsubj:pass	_	_
37	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	aux:pass	_	_
38	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
39	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	43	punct	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
41	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj	_	_
42	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	43	aux	_	_
43	come	come	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	38	conj	_	_
44	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	47	case	_	_
45	of	of	ADP	IN	_	44	fixed	_	_
46	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	47	nmod:poss	_	_
47	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	obl	_	_
48	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed form=decl, act=narrate, indirect=0, polarity=none

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | hand |  |  |  | then | unto me | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **fear** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | Daniel *vocative* | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **set** | past · do-support | thou | thy heart |  |  |  | that *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **understand** | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **humble** | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* | thyself |  |  | before thy God |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus thyself=Experiencer |
| 6 | **hear** | past · passive |  | thy words |  |  | day |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus |
| 7 | **come** | present · passive | I |  |  |  |  | because thy words | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 8 | **word** |  | thy |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 9 | **word** |  | thy |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 Hebrew of this verse {#hebrew}

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַי֮ אַל־תִּירָ֣א דָנִיֵּאל֒ כִּ֣י ׀ מִן־הַיּ֣וֹם הָרִאשׁ֗וֹן אֲשֶׁ֨ר נָתַ֧תָּ אֶֽת־לִבְּךָ֛ לְהָבִ֧ין וּלְהִתְעַנּ֛וֹת לִפְנֵ֥י אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ נִשְׁמְע֣וּ דְבָרֶ֑יךָ וַאֲנִי־בָ֖אתִי בִּדְבָרֶֽיךָ׃

[Daniel 10:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.10.12/)

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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:303` of Mova's parse database.

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