--- title: Daniel 2:10 (JPS 1917) — The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said: 'There is not a ma… · tree and pragmatics description: The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said: 'There is not a man upon the earth that can declare the king's matter; forasmuch as no great and powerful king hath asked such a thing of any magician, or enchanter, or Chaldean. Who acts: Chaldeans, man, great king, 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 (Chaldeans, man, great king, 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:31 # text = The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said: 'There is not a man upon the earth that can declare the king's matter; forasmuch as no great and powerful king hath asked such a thing of any magician, or enchanter, or Chaldean. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Chaldeans Chaldean PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 before before ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 11 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ _ 12 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 13 expl _ _ 13 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 17 upon upon ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 20 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 21 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 declare declare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 acl:relcl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod:poss _ _ 25 's 's PART POS _ 24 case _ _ 26 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 28 forasmuch forasmuch ADV RB _ 36 mark _ _ 29 as as ADP IN _ 28 fixed _ _ 30 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 34 det _ _ 31 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 powerful powerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 conj _ _ 34 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 37 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 42 det _ _ 42 magician magician NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 or or CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 enchanter enchanter NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 or or CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 Chaldean Chaldean PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 conj _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the Chaldeans | | | | before the king | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Chaldeans *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **be** | present | a man upon the earth | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **declare** *speech: other* | can | a man upon the earth | the king's matter | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matter=Attribute | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present · perfect | no great king | a such thing | | | | of any magician or enchanter or Chaldean | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thing=Recipient | | 6 | **matter** | | the king | | | | | | nom matter «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent | 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} עֲנ֨וֹ כַשְׂדָּאֵ֤י קֳדָם־מַלְכָּא֙ וְאָ֣מְרִ֔ין לָֽא־אִיתַ֤י אֲנָשׁ֙ עַל־יַבֶּשְׁתָּ֔א דִּ֚י מִלַּ֣ת מַלְכָּ֔א יוּכַ֖ל לְהַחֲוָיָ֑ה כָּל־קֳבֵ֗ל דִּ֚י כָּל־מֶ֙לֶךְ֙ רַ֣ב וְשַׁלִּ֔יט מִלָּ֤ה כִדְנָה֙ לָ֣א שְׁאֵ֔ל לְכָל־חַרְטֹּ֖ם וְאָשַׁ֥ף וְכַשְׂדָּֽי׃ [Daniel 2:10: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.10/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DAN:31` 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 2:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.30/) - next →: [Daniel 2:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.32/) - ↑ back to [Daniel 2:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.10/)