--- title: Daniel 9:4 (JPS 1917) — And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made confession, and said: 'O… · tree and pragmatics description: And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made confession, and said: 'O Lord, the great and awful God, who keepest covenant and mercy with them that love Thee and keep Thy commandments, Who acts: I, great God, Thy. 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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 (I, great God, Thy), 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:268 # text = And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made confession, and said: 'O Lord, the great and awful God, who keepest covenant and mercy with them that love Thee and keep Thy commandments, 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 prayed pray VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 confession confession NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 17 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ _ 18 O o INTJ UH _ 19 discourse _ _ 19 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 vocative _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 22 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 awful awful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ _ 25 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 ccomp _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 keepest keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 29 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 mercy mercy NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 34 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 35 love love VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 36 Thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 35 obj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 39 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 commandments commandment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: fragment - act: other - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=other | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pray** | past | I | | | | | unto the LORD | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **make** | past | I *not said here* | confession | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset confession=Product | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **keep** | present | the great God | covenant and mercy | | | | with covenant; Lord *vocative* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent covenant=Theme | | 5 | **love** | present | | Thee | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thou=Stimulus | | 6 | **keep** | present | | Thy commandments | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent commandment=Theme | | 7 | **command** | | Thy | | | | | | nom commandment «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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} וָֽאֶתְפַּֽלְלָ֛ה לַיהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהַ֖י וָאֶתְוַדֶּ֑ה וָאֹֽמְרָ֗ה אָנָּ֤א אֲדֹנָי֙ הָאֵ֤ל הַגָּדוֹל֙ וְהַנּוֹרָ֔א שֹׁמֵ֤ר הַבְּרִית֙ וְֽהַחֶ֔סֶד לְאֹהֲבָ֖יו וּלְשֹׁמְרֵ֥י מִצְוֺתָֽיו׃ [Daniel 9:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.9.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DAN:268` 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 9:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.267/) - next →: [Daniel 9:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.269/) - ↑ back to [Daniel 9:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.9.4/)