--- title: Daniel 11:24 (JPS 1917) — In time of security shall he come even upon the fattest places of th… · tree and pragmatics description: In time of security shall he come even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers: he shall scatter among them prey, and spoil, and substance; yea, he shall devise his devices against fortresses, but only until the time. 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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, fathers), 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:337 # text = In time of security shall he come even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers: he shall scatter among them prey, and spoil, and substance; yea, he shall devise his devices against fortresses, but only until the time. 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 security security NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 even even ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 9 upon upon ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 fattest fat ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 12 amod _ _ 12 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 province province NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 21 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 obj _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 obj _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ _ 25 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 acl:relcl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 33 cc _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 ' 's PART POS _ 31 case _ _ 33 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ _ 34 : : PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 scatter scatter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 38 among among ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 40 prey prey NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 spoil spoil VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 substance substance NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ _ 47 ; ; PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 48 yea yea INTJ UH _ 52 discourse _ _ 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 devise devise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 53 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 devices device NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obj _ _ 55 against against ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 fortresses fortress NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obl _ _ 57 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 58 but but CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 59 only only ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 60 until until ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 63 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | shall | strength | | | the fattest places of the province | time | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon place=Location | | 2 | **do** | shall | strength | that | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 3 | **not** **do** | present · perfect | strength's fathers | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality | | 4 | **scatter** | shall | strength | prey | | | | among fathers *= father* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent prey=Theme among they=Destination | | 5 | **spoil** | infinitive | strength *not said here* | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **devise** | shall | strength | strength's devices | | | time | against fortresses | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent device=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} בְּשַׁלְוָ֞ה וּבְמִשְׁמַנֵּ֣י מְדִינָה֮ יָבוֹא֒ וְעָשָׂ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹא־עָשׂ֤וּ אֲבֹתָיו֙ וַאֲב֣וֹת אֲבֹתָ֔יו בִּזָּ֧ה וְשָׁלָ֛ל וּרְכ֖וּשׁ לָהֶ֣ם יִבְז֑וֹר וְעַ֧ל מִבְצָרִ֛ים יְחַשֵּׁ֥ב מַחְשְׁבֹתָ֖יו וְעַד־עֵֽת׃ [Daniel 11:24: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.11.24/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DAN:337` 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 11:23 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.336/) - next →: [Daniel 11:25 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.338/) - ↑ back to [Daniel 11:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.11.24/)