--- title: Daniel 8:24 (JPS 1917) — And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power; and he shal… · tree and pragmatics description: And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power; and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper and do; and he shall destroy them that are mighty and the people of the saints. Who acts: power, 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 (power, 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:261 # text = And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power; and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper and do; and he shall destroy them that are mighty and the people of the saints. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 6 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 19 wonderfully wonderfully ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 prosper prosper VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 33 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 34 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 acl:relcl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 conj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 saints saint NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 6 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** | shall | king's power | | | | | mighty *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **destroy** | shall | king | | | | | wonderfully *property* | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **prosper** | shall | king *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **do** | infinitive | king *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **destroy** | shall | king | stratagems *= stratagem* | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 6 | **is** | present | | | | | | mighty *property* | tree rules | 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 Hebrew of this verse {#hebrew} וְעָצַ֤ם כֹּחוֹ֙ וְלֹ֣א בְכֹח֔וֹ וְנִפְלָא֥וֹת יַשְׁחִ֖ית וְהִצְלִ֣יחַ וְעָשָׂ֑ה וְהִשְׁחִ֥ית עֲצוּמִ֖ים וְעַם־קְדֹשִֽׁים׃ [Daniel 8:24: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.8.24/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DAN:261` 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 8:23 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.260/) - next →: [Daniel 8:25 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.262/) - ↑ back to [Daniel 8:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.8.24/)