--- title: Daniel 11:39 (JPS 1917) — And he shall deal with the strongest fortresses with the help of a f… · tree and pragmatics description: And he shall deal with the strongest fortresses with the help of a foreign god; whom he shall acknowledge, shall increase glory; and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for a price. Who acts: indignation, gods. 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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 (indignation, gods), 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:352 # text = And he shall deal with the strongest fortresses with the help of a foreign god; whom he shall acknowledge, shall increase glory; and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for a price. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 deal deal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 strongest strong ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 8 amod _ _ 8 fortresses fortress NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 foreign foreign ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 17 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 acl:relcl _ _ 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 acknowledge acknowledge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 acl:relcl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 increase increase VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 24 glory glory NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 rule rule VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 33 over over ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 many many PRON NN _ 32 obl _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 divide divide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 price price NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 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 | **deal** | shall | indignation | | | | | with the strongest fortresses; with the help of a foreign god | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with fortress=Theme | | 2 | **acknowledge** | shall | indignation | | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **increase** | shall | indignation *not said here* | glory | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer glory=Patient | | 4 | **cause** | shall | indignation | gods *= god* | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **rule** | to-infinitive | gods *= god* *not said here* | | | many | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **divide** | shall | indignation *not said here* | the land | | | | for a price | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme | | 7 | **help** | | | a foreign god | | | | | nom help «act transitive»: of=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} וְעָשָׂ֞ה לְמִבְצְרֵ֤י מָֽעֻזִּים֙ עִם־אֱל֣וֹהַּ נֵכָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר יַכִּ֖יר יַרְבֶּ֣ה כָב֑וֹד וְהִמְשִׁילָם֙ בָּֽרַבִּ֔ים וַאֲדָמָ֖ה יְחַלֵּ֥ק בִּמְחִֽיר׃ [Daniel 11:39: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.11.39/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DAN:352` 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 11:38 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.351/) - next →: [Daniel 11:40 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.353/) - ↑ back to [Daniel 11:39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.11.39/)