--- title: Daniel 10:13 (JPS 1917) — But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty… · tree and pragmatics description: But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days; but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I was left over there beside the kings of Persia. Who acts: prince, Michael. 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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 (prince, Michael), 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:304 # text = But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days; but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I was left over there beside the kings of Persia. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Persia Persia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 withstood withstand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 conj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 13 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl:unmarked _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 lo lo INTJ UH _ 28 discourse _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 Michael Michael PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 appos _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 chief chief ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 28 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 37 over over ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 39 beside beside ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 Persia Persia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 9 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 | **withstand** | past | the prince of the kingdom of Persia | me | | | day | | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | past | Michael | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **help** | to-infinitive | Michael *not said here* | | me | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary | | 4 | **leave over** | past · passive | | I | | there | | beside the kings of Persia | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme beside king=Location | 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} וְשַׂ֣ר ׀ מַלְכ֣וּת פָּרַ֗ס עֹמֵ֤ד לְנֶגְדִּי֙ עֶשְׂרִ֣ים וְאֶחָ֣ד י֔וֹם וְהִנֵּ֣ה מִֽיכָאֵ֗ל אַחַ֛ד הַשָּׂרִ֥ים הָרִאשֹׁנִ֖ים בָּ֣א לְעָזְרֵ֑נִי וַאֲנִי֙ נוֹתַ֣רְתִּי שָׁ֔ם אֵ֖צֶל מַלְכֵ֥י פָרָֽס׃ [Daniel 10:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.10.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DAN:304` 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 10:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.303/) - next →: [Daniel 10:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.305/) - ↑ back to [Daniel 10:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.10.13/)