--- title: Daniel 2:35 (JPS 1917) — Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, br… · tree and pragmatics description: Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken in pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing-floors; and the wind carried them away, so that no place was found for them; and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.59/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Daniel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN/) / [chapter 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN/2/) / [2:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.35/) / JPS 1 # Daniel 2:35 · JPS 1917 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken in pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing-floors; and the wind carried them away, so that no place was found for them; and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. **Who acts:** wind, stone · **What happens:** be, break, become, carry away, find, smite · **To what, where:** iron, pieces, place, image, great mountain, whole earth This is Daniel 2:35 · 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 (wind, stone), 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:59 # text = Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken in pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing-floors; and the wind carried them away, so that no place was found for them; and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. 1 Then then ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 clay clay NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 brass brass NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 22 together together ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 26 like like ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 chaff chaff NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 31 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 32 threshing thresh NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ _ 34 floors floor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ _ 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 away away ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 43 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 48 mark _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 fixed _ _ 45 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 46 det _ _ 46 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj:pass _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 advcl _ _ 49 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obl _ _ 51 ; ; PUNCT : _ 59 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ _ 55 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 56 nsubj _ _ 56 smote smite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 acl:relcl _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 image image NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 59 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 60 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 61 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 xcomp _ _ 63 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 65 filled fill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 conj _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 67 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 68 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obj _ _ 69 . . PUNCT . _ 4 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** | past | | the iron and the clay and the brass and the silver and the gold | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **break** | participle | | the iron and the clay and the brass and the silver and the gold *not said here* | | pieces | | together *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in piece=Location | | 3 | **become** | past | | | | | | like the chaff of the summer threshing floors | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **carry away** | past | the wind | pieces *= piece* | | | | away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **find** | past · passive | | no place | | | | for pieces *= piece* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for they=Beneficiary | | 6 | **smite** | past | the stone | the image | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus image=Experiencer | | 7 | **become** | past | the stone | a great mountain | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **fill** | past | the stone *not said here* | the whole earth | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent earth=Patient | 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} בֵּאדַ֣יִן דָּ֣קוּ כַחֲדָ֡ה פַּרְזְלָא֩ חַסְפָּ֨א נְחָשָׁ֜א כַּסְפָּ֣א וְדַהֲבָ֗א וַהֲווֹ֙ כְּע֣וּר מִן־אִדְּרֵי־קַ֔יִט וּנְשָׂ֤א הִמּוֹן֙ רוּחָ֔א וְכָל־אֲתַ֖ר לָא־הִשְׁתֲּכַ֣ח לְה֑וֹן וְאַבְנָ֣א ׀ דִּֽי־מְחָ֣ת לְצַלְמָ֗א הֲוָ֛ת לְט֥וּר רַ֖ב וּמְלָ֥ת כָּל־אַרְעָֽא׃ [Daniel 2:35: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.35/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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