--- title: Daniel 2:11 (JPS 1917) — And it is a hard thing that the king asketh, and there is none other… · tree and pragmatics description: And it is a hard thing that the king asketh, and there is none other that can declare it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.' Who acts: thing, king, none, dwelling. 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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 (thing, king, none, dwelling), 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:32 # text = And it is a hard thing that the king asketh, and there is none other that can declare it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 asketh ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 14 expl _ _ 14 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 15 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 14 nsubj _ _ 16 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 17 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 18 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 declare declare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 acl:relcl _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 before before ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 except except ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 29 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 dwelling dwelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 acl:relcl _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ 36 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | thing | a hard thing | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | the king | a hard thing | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent that=Recipient | | 3 | **be** | present | none | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **declare** *speech: other* | can | | thing | | | before the king | except the gods | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Attribute | | 5 | **not** **is** | present | flesh's dwelling | | | | | with flesh | 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} וּמִלְּתָ֨א דִֽי־מַלְכָּ֤ה שָׁאֵל֙ יַקִּירָ֔ה וְאָחֳרָן֙ לָ֣א אִיתַ֔י דִּ֥י יְחַוִּנַּ֖הּ קֳדָ֣ם מַלְכָּ֑א לָהֵ֣ן אֱלָהִ֔ין דִּ֚י מְדָ֣רְה֔וֹן עִם־בִּשְׂרָ֖א לָ֥א אִיתֽוֹהִי׃ [Daniel 2:11: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DAN:32` 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 2:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.31/) - next →: [Daniel 2:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.33/) - ↑ back to [Daniel 2:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.11/)