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title: Daniel 9:24 (JPS 1917) — Seventy weeks are decreed upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to… · tree and pragmatics
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# Daniel 9:24 · JPS 1917

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Seventy weeks are decreed upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sin, and to forgive iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal vision and prophet, and to anoint the most holy place.

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**What happens:** decree, finish, make, forgive, bring in, seal · **To what, where:** Seventy weeks, transgression, end, iniquity, everlasting righteousness, vision

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This is Daniel 9:24 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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: 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:288
# text = Seventy weeks are decreed upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sin, and to forgive iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal vision and prophet, and to anoint the most holy place.
1	Seventy	seventy	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	decreed	decree	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	finish	finish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	transgression	transgression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	conj	_	_
22	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	sin	sin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
28	to	to	PART	TO	_	29	mark	_	_
29	forgive	forgive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	conj	_	_
30	iniquity	iniquity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obj	_	_
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
33	to	to	PART	TO	_	34	mark	_	_
34	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	conj	_	_
35	in	in	ADP	RP	_	34	compound:prt	_	_
36	everlasting	everlasting	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
37	righteousness	righteousness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obj	_	_
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
40	to	to	PART	TO	_	41	mark	_	_
41	seal	seal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	conj	_	_
42	vision	vision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obj	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
44	prophet	prophet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	conj	_	_
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
47	to	to	PART	TO	_	48	mark	_	_
48	anoint	anoint	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	41	conj	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
50	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	51	advmod	_	_
51	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
52	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obj	_	_
53	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decree** | present · passive |  | Seventy weeks |  |  |  | upon thy people and thy holy city | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **finish** | to-infinitive |  | the transgression |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality transgression=Eventuality |
| 3 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | a end of sin |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset end=Product |
| 4 | **forgive** | to-infinitive |  | iniquity |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent iniquity=Theme |
| 5 | **bring in** | to-infinitive |  | everlasting righteousness |  |  |  |  | vn earn-54.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme righteousness=Asset |
| 6 | **seal** | to-infinitive |  | vision and prophet |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vision=Patient |
| 7 | **anoint** | to-infinitive |  | the holy place |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme |

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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}

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שָׁבֻעִ֨ים שִׁבְעִ֜ים נֶחְתַּ֥ךְ עַֽל־עַמְּךָ֣ ׀ וְעַל־עִ֣יר קָדְשֶׁ֗ךָ לְכַלֵּ֨א הַפֶּ֜שַׁע וּלְהָתֵ֤ם חַטָּאת֙ וּלְכַפֵּ֣ר עָוֺ֔ן וּלְהָבִ֖יא צֶ֣דֶק עֹֽלָמִ֑ים וְלַחְתֹּם֙ חָז֣וֹן וְנָבִ֔יא וְלִמְשֹׁ֖חַ קֹ֥דֶשׁ קָֽדָשִֽׁים׃

[Daniel 9:24: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.9.24/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DAN:288` of Mova's parse database.

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