--- title: Daniel 2:41 (JPS 1917) — And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, an… · tree and pragmatics description: And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom; but there shall be in it of the firmness of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. Who acts: thou, iron, firmness. 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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 (thou, iron, firmness), 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:65 # text = And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom; but there shall be in it of the firmness of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 2 whereas whereas SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sawest see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 toes toe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 potters potter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 ' 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 clay clay NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 22 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 cop _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 divided divide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 31 expl _ _ 30 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 be be VERB VB Mood=Ind|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 firmness firmness NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 forasmuch forasmuch SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 as as SCONJ IN _ 41 fixed _ _ 43 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 nsubj _ _ 44 sawest see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 mixed mix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 acl _ _ 48 with with ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 miry miry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 clay clay NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | thou | the feet and toes and part of iron | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer foot=Stimulus | | 2 | **is a** | shall | iron | a divided kingdom | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | shall | the firmness of the iron | | | iron; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in it=Location | | 4 | **see** | past | thou | the iron | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer iron=Stimulus | | 5 | **mix** | participle | | the iron *not said here* | | | | with miry clay | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with clay=Co-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} וְדִֽי־חֲזַ֜יְתָה רַגְלַיָּ֣א וְאֶצְבְּעָתָ֗א מִנְּהֵ֞ןחֲסַ֤ף דִּֽי־פֶחָר֙ וּמִנְּהֵ֣ין פַּרְזֶ֔ל מַלְכ֤וּ פְלִיגָה֙ תֶּהֱוֵ֔ה וּמִן־נִצְבְּתָ֥א דִ֥י פַרְזְלָ֖א לֶֽהֱוֵא־בַ֑הּ כָּל־קֳבֵל֙ דִּ֣י חֲזַ֔יְתָה פַּ֨רְזְלָ֔א מְעָרַ֖ב בַּחֲסַ֥ף טִינָֽא׃ [Daniel 2:41: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.41/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DAN:65` 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 2:40 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.64/) - next →: [Daniel 2:42 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.66/) - ↑ back to [Daniel 2:41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.41/)