--- title: Daniel 11:16 (JPS 1917) — But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, a… · tree and pragmatics description: But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him; and he shall stand in the beauteous land, and in his hand shall be extermination. Who acts: strength, none. 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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 (strength, none), 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:329 # text = But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him; and he shall stand in the beauteous land, and in his hand shall be extermination. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 3 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 cometh come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 against against ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 case _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 9 fixed _ _ 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 will will NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 18 nsubj _ _ 17 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 19 before before ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ _ 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 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 beauteous beauteous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 35 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 37 extermination extermination NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present | | | | | | against strength | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against he=Location | | 2 | **do** | shall | strength | | | | | accord strength's own will | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **stand** | shall | none | | | | before strength | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before he=Location | | 5 | **stand** | shall | strength | | | the beauteous land | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in land=Location | | 6 | **is a** | shall | strength *not said here* | extermination | | strength's hand | | | tree rules | | 7 | **will** | | strength | | | | | | nom will «cognition 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} וְיַ֨עַשׂ הַבָּ֤א אֵלָיו֙ כִּרְצוֹנ֔וֹ וְאֵ֥ין עוֹמֵ֖ד לְפָנָ֑יו וְיַעֲמֹ֥ד בְּאֶֽרֶץ־הַצְּבִ֖י וְכָלָ֥ה בְיָדֽוֹ׃ [Daniel 11:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.11.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DAN:329` 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 11:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.328/) - next →: [Daniel 11:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.330/) - ↑ back to [Daniel 11:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.11.16/)