--- title: Daniel 11:21 (JPS 1917) — And in his place shall stand up a contemptible person, upon whom had… · tree and pragmatics description: And in his place shall stand up a contemptible person, upon whom had not been conferred the majesty of the kingdom; but he shall come in time of security, and shall obtain the kingdom by blandishments. Who acts: strength. 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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), 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:334 # text = And in his place shall stand up a contemptible person, upon whom had not been conferred the majesty of the kingdom; but he shall come in time of security, and shall obtain the kingdom by blandishments. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 in in 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 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 contemptible contemptible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 upon upon ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 obl _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 16 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 conferred confer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl:relcl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 security security NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 obtain obtain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 by by ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 blandishments blandishment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 6 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 | **stand up** | shall | | a contemptible person | | strength's place | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **confer** | past · perfect · passive | | the majesty of the kingdom | | | | upon a contemptible person | tree rules | | 3 | **come** | shall | strength | | | | time | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **obtain** | shall | strength *not said here* | the kingdom | | | | by blandishments | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset kingdom=Theme | 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} וְעָמַ֤ד עַל־כַּנּוֹ֙ נִבְזֶ֔ה וְלֹא־נָתְנ֥וּ עָלָ֖יו ה֣וֹד מַלְכ֑וּת וּבָ֣א בְשַׁלְוָ֔ה וְהֶחֱזִ֥יק מַלְכ֖וּת בַּחֲלַקְלַקּֽוֹת׃ [Daniel 11:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.11.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DAN:334` 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 11:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.333/) - next →: [Daniel 11:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.335/) - ↑ back to [Daniel 11:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.11.21/)