--- title: Daniel 3:12 (JPS 1917) — There are certain Jews whom thou hast appointed over the affairs of… · tree and pragmatics description: There are certain Jews whom thou hast appointed over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.' Who acts: certain Jews, thou, men, Jews. 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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 (certain Jews, thou, men, Jews), 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:85 # text = There are certain Jews whom thou hast appointed over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.' 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Jews Jew PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 5 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 obj _ _ 6 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 8 nsubj _ _ 7 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 appointed appoint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 9 over over ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 affairs affair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 province province NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Babylon Babylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 Shadrach Shadrach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 Meshach Meshach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 Abed abed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ _ 25 nego nego PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 27 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 28 det _ _ 28 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 O o INTJ UH _ 31 discourse _ _ 31 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 vocative _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 33 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 regarded regard VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 36 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 35 obj _ _ 37 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 serve serve VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 41 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 45 cc _ _ 45 worship worship VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 image image NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 49 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 52 obj _ _ 50 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 52 nsubj _ _ 51 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 acl:relcl _ _ 53 up up ADP RP _ 52 compound:prt _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 55 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 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 | **be** | present | certain Jews and Shadrach and Meshach and Abed nego | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **appoint** | present · perfect | thou | certain Jews and Shadrach and Meshach and Abed nego | | the affairs of the province of Babylon | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Theme | | 3 | **not** **regard** | present · perfect | this men | thee | | | | king *vocative* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 4 | **not** **serve** | present | Jews *= jew* | thy gods | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Attribute | | 5 | **worship** | present | Jews *= jew* *not said here* | the golden image | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer image=Stimulus | | 6 | **set up** | present · perfect | thou | the golden image | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient which=Result | 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} אִיתַ֞י גֻּבְרִ֣ין יְהוּדָאיִ֗ן דִּֽי־מַנִּ֤יתָ יָתְהוֹן֙ עַל־עֲבִידַת֙ מְדִינַ֣ת בָּבֶ֔ל שַׁדְרַ֥ךְ מֵישַׁ֖ךְ וַעֲבֵ֣ד נְג֑וֹ עֲבֵ֣ד נְג֑וֹ גֻּבְרַיָּ֣א אִלֵּ֗ךְ לָא־שָׂ֨מֽוּ עֲלָ֤ךְ מַלְכָּא֙ טְעֵ֔ם לֵֽאלָהָךְ֙ לָ֣א פָלְחִ֔ין וּלְצֶ֧לֶם דַּהֲבָ֛א דִּ֥י הֲקֵ֖ימְתָּ לָ֥א סָגְדִֽין׃ס [Daniel 3:12: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DAN:85` 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 3:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.84/) - next →: [Daniel 3:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.86/) - ↑ back to [Daniel 3:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.12/)