--- title: Daniel 2:24 (JPS 1917) — Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had appointed to… · tree and pragmatics description: Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and said thus unto him: 'Destroy not the wise men of Babylon; bring me in before the king, and I will declare unto the king the interpretation.' Who acts: Daniel, king, I. 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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 (Daniel, king, I), 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:46 # text = Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and said thus unto him: 'Destroy not the wise men of Babylon; bring me in before the king, and I will declare unto the king the interpretation.' 1 Therefore therefore ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 Daniel Daniel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Arioch Arioch PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 obj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 appointed appoint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 acl:relcl _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Babylon Babylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 25 thus thus ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 unto unto ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ _ 28 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 29 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ _ 30 Destroy destroy VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 24 ccomp _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Babylon Babylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 38 bring bring VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 30 parataxis _ _ 39 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 in in ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 41 before before ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 declare declare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 49 unto unto ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 interpretation interpretation NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 55 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go in** | past | Daniel | | | | | unto Arioch; therefore *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **appoint** | past · perfect | the king | Arioch | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **destroy** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | the wise men of Babylon | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient | | 4 | **go** | past | king | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | king *not said here* | | | | | unto king; thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **not** **destroy** | infinitive | | the wise men of Babylon | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient | | 7 | **bring in** | infinitive | | me | | | before the king | | vn earn-54.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme i=Asset | | 8 | **declare** *speech: other* | future | I | the interpretation | | | | unto the king | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent interpretation=Attribute | 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} כָּל־קֳבֵ֣ל דְּנָ֗ה דָּֽנִיֵּאל֙ עַ֣ל עַל־אַרְי֔וֹךְ דִּ֚י מַנִּ֣י מַלְכָּ֔א לְהוֹבָדָ֖ה לְחַכִּימֵ֣י בָבֶ֑ל אֲזַ֣ל ׀ וְכֵ֣ן אֲמַר־לֵ֗הּ לְחַכִּימֵ֤י בָבֶל֙ אַל־תְּהוֹבֵ֔ד הַעֵ֙לְנִי֙ קֳדָ֣ם מַלְכָּ֔א וּפִשְׁרָ֖א לְמַלְכָּ֥א אֲחַוֵּֽא׃ס [Daniel 2:24: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.24/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DAN:46` 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 2:23 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.45/) - next →: [Daniel 2:25 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.47/) - ↑ back to [Daniel 2:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.24/)