--- title: Daniel 2:44 (JPS 1917) — And in the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a king… · tree and pragmatics description: And in the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed; nor shall the kingdom be left to another people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, but it shall stand for ever. Who acts: God, iron. 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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 (God, iron), 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:68 # text = And in the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed; nor shall the kingdom be left to another people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, but it shall stand for ever. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 8 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 14 up up ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 20 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 destroyed destroy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl:relcl _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 24 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 29 cc _ _ 25 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 parataxis _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 32 det _ _ 32 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 parataxis _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 consume consume VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 41 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 43 det:predet _ _ 42 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 43 det _ _ 43 kingdoms kingdom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 but but CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 49 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 48 obl _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set up** | shall | the God of heaven | a kingdom | | | day | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient kingdom=Result | | 2 | **not** **destroy** | shall · passive | | a kingdom | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **leave** | shall · passive | | the kingdom | another people | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to people=Recipient | | 4 | **break** | shall | iron | | | pieces | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in piece=Location | | 5 | **consume** | infinitive | iron *not said here* | all kingdoms | | | | | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Asset | | 6 | **stand** | shall | iron | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for ever=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} וּֽבְיוֹמֵיה֞וֹן דִּ֧י מַלְכַיָּ֣א אִנּ֗וּן יְקִים֩ אֱלָ֨הּ שְׁמַיָּ֤א מַלְכוּ֙ דִּ֤י לְעָלְמִין֙ לָ֣א תִתְחַבַּ֔ל וּמַ֨לְכוּתָ֔ה לְעַ֥ם אָחֳרָ֖ן לָ֣א תִשְׁתְּבִ֑ק תַּדִּ֤ק וְתָסֵיף֙ כָּל־אִלֵּ֣ין מַלְכְוָתָ֔א וְהִ֖יא תְּק֥וּם לְעָלְמַיָּֽא׃ [Daniel 2:44: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.44/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DAN:68` 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 2:43 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.67/) - next →: [Daniel 2:45 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.69/) - ↑ back to [Daniel 2:44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.44/)