--- title: Daniel 8:25 (JPS 1917) — And through his cunning he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand;… · tree and pragmatics description: And through his cunning he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and in time of security shall he destroy many; he shall also stand up against the prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand. Who acts: king, craft. 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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, craft), 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:262 # text = And through his cunning he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and in time of security shall he destroy many; he shall also stand up against the prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 through through ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 cunning cunning NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 shall shall AUX MD _ 7 aux _ _ 7 cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 craft craft NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 prosper prosper VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 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 magnify magnify VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 19 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 18 obj _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 security security NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 shall shall AUX MD _ 31 aux _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 32 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 obj _ _ 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 shall shall AUX MD _ 37 aux _ _ 36 also also ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 38 up up ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 39 against against ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ _ 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 45 but but CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 47 shall shall AUX MD _ 49 aux _ _ 48 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 50 without without ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 52 . . PUNCT . _ 7 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 | **cause** | shall | king | craft | | king's cunning | | | tree rules | | 2 | **prosper** | to-infinitive | craft *not said here* | | | king's hand | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hand=Location | | 3 | **magnify** | shall | king | king | | king's heart | | | vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | | 4 | **destroy** | shall | king | many | | | time | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent many=Patient | | 5 | **stand up** | shall | king | | | | | against the prince of princes | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent against prince=Location | | 6 | **break** | shall · passive | | king | | | | without hand | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 Hebrew of this verse {#hebrew} וְעַל־שִׂכְל֗וֹ וְהִצְלִ֤יחַ מִרְמָה֙ בְּיָד֔וֹ וּבִלְבָב֣וֹ יַגְדִּ֔יל וּבְשַׁלְוָ֖ה יַשְׁחִ֣ית רַבִּ֑ים וְעַ֤ל־שַׂר־שָׂרִים֙ יַעֲמֹ֔ד וּבְאֶ֥פֶס יָ֖ד יִשָּׁבֵֽר׃ [Daniel 8:25: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.8.25/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DAN:262` 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 8:24 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.261/) - next →: [Daniel 8:26 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.263/) - ↑ back to [Daniel 8:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.8.25/)