--- title: Daniel 7:25 (JPS 1917) — And he shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out t… · tree and pragmatics description: And he shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High; and he shall think to change the seasons and the law; and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and half a time. Who acts: king. 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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 (king), 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:233 # text = And he shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High; and he shall think to change the seasons and the law; and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and half a time. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 against against ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 Most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 9 advmod _ _ 9 High high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 wear wear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 14 out out ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 saints saint NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 Most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 20 advmod _ _ 20 High high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 nmod _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 seasons season NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 39 into into ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 until until ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 conj _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 48 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 50 det:predet _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 conj _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 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 | **speak** *speech: other* | shall | king | words | | | | against the High | tree rules | | 2 | **wear out** | shall | king *not said here* | the saints of the High | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent saint=Source | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | shall | king | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **change** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | | | | season | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **give** | shall · passive | | saints *= saint* | | king's hand | time | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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} וּמִלִּ֗ין לְצַ֤ד עִלָּאָה֙ יְמַלִּ֔ל וּלְקַדִּישֵׁ֥י עֶלְיוֹנִ֖ין יְבַלֵּ֑א וְיִסְבַּ֗ר לְהַשְׁנָיָה֙ זִמְנִ֣ין וְדָ֔ת וְיִתְיַהֲב֣וּן בִּידֵ֔הּ עַד־עִדָּ֥ן וְעִדָּנִ֖ין וּפְלַ֥ג עִדָּֽן׃ [Daniel 7:25: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.25/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DAN:233` 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 7:24 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.232/) - next →: [Daniel 7:26 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.234/) - ↑ back to [Daniel 7:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.25/)