--- title: Ecclesiastes 2:15 — Then said I in my heart: 'As it happeneth to the fool, so will it ha… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Then said I in my heart: 'As it happeneth to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?' Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity. Who acts: I, it, this. 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The page gives the verse in Hebrew as the Westminster Leningrad Codex has it, its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, built from MACULA Hebrew — and its pragmatics: who acts — I, it, this — and what happens in the verse to heart, me, vanity, read clause by clause by Mova's frames. Beside it stand the Aramaic of the Targum and the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, each English sentence with a tree of its own. It is one of the 12 chapters of Ecclesiastes on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between. וְאָמַ֨רְתִּֽי אֲנִ֜י בְּלִבִּ֗י כְּמִקְרֵ֤ה הַכְּסִיל֙ גַּם־אֲנִ֣י יִקְרֵ֔נִי וְלָ֧מָּה חָכַ֛מְתִּי אֲנִ֖י אָ֣ז יוֹתֵ֑ר וְדִבַּ֣רְתִּי בְלִבִּ֔י שֶׁגַּם־זֶ֖ה הָֽבֶל׃ [Then said I in my heart: 'As it happeneth to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?' Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.33/) ## The tree {#tree} Right to left, as the Hebrew is read; a prefix or suffix is a word of its own, and a line under the words joins those written as one. Under each word its part of speech and MACULA's English gloss. ```conllu rtl gloss # sent_id = wlc:ECC:32 # text = וְאָמַ֨רְתִּֽי אֲנִ֜י בְּלִבִּ֗י כְּמִקְרֵ֤ה הַכְּסִיל֙ גַּם־אֲנִ֣י יִקְרֵ֔נִי וְלָ֧מָּה חָכַ֛מְתִּי אֲנִ֖י אָ֣ז יוֹתֵ֑ר וְדִבַּ֣רְתִּי בְלִבִּ֔י שֶׁגַּם־זֶ֖ה הָֽבֶל׃ # verse = ECC.2.15 1-2 וְאָמַ֨רְתִּֽי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ECC_2:15!1|MId=o210020150011|Strong=2050b 2 אָמַ֨רְתִּֽי אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 0 root _ Gloss=I.said|Ref=ECC_2:15!1|MId=o210020150012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:210020150021;|Type=qatal 3 אֲנִ֜י אֲנִי PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ Gloss=I|Ref=ECC_2:15!2|MId=o210020150021|Strong=0589|Type=personal 4-6 בְּלִבִּ֗י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=ECC_2:15!3|MId=o210020150031|Strong=0871a 5 לִבּ לֵב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 obl _ Gloss=heart|Ref=ECC_2:15!3|MId=o210020150032|Strong=3820 6 ִ֗י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=ECC_2:15!3|MId=o210020150033|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 7-8 כְּמִקְרֵ֤ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 כְּ כְּ ADP _ _ 8 case _ Gloss=like|Ref=ECC_2:15!4|MId=o210020150041|Strong=3509a 8 מִקְרֵ֤ה מִקְרֶה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ Gloss=the.fate|Ref=ECC_2:15!4|MId=o210020150042|Strong=4745 9-10 הַכְּסִיל֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 10 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=ECC_2:15!5|MId=o210020150051|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 10 כְּסִיל֙ כְּסִיל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 8 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.fool|Ref=ECC_2:15!5|MId=o210020150052|Strong=3684|Type=adjective 11 גַּם־ גַּם ADV _ _ 12 advmod _ Gloss=also|Ref=ECC_2:15!6|MId=o210020150061|Strong=1571|Type=affirmation|SpaceAfter=No 12 אֲנִ֣י אֲנִי PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ Gloss=me|Ref=ECC_2:15!7|MId=o210020150071|Strong=0589|Type=personal 13-14 יִקְרֵ֔נִי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 יִקְר קָרָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 8 parataxis _ Gloss=it|Ref=ECC_2:15!8|MId=o210020150081|Strong=7136|Frame=A0:210020150042;A1:210020150082;|Type=yiqtol 14 ֵ֔נִי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ Gloss=will.happen.to.me|Ref=ECC_2:15!8|MId=o210020150082|Strong=5204a|Type=pronominal 15-17 וְלָ֧מָּה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 18 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ECC_2:15!9|MId=o210020150091|Strong=2050b 16 לָ֧ לָמָה ADP _ _ 17 case _ Gloss=|Ref=ECC_2:15!9|MId=o210020150092|Strong=3807a 17 מָּה מָה PRON _ PronType=Int 18 obl _ Gloss=why?|Ref=ECC_2:15!9|MId=o210020150093|Strong=4100|Type=interrogative 18 חָכַ֛מְתִּי חָכַם VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 8 conj _ Gloss=have.I.become.wise|Ref=ECC_2:15!10|MId=o210020150101|Strong=2449|Frame=A0:210020150111;|Type=qatal 19 אֲנִ֖י אֲנִי PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ Gloss=I|Ref=ECC_2:15!11|MId=o210020150111|Strong=0589|Type=personal 20 אָ֣ז אָז ADV _ _ 18 advmod _ Gloss=then|Ref=ECC_2:15!12|MId=o210020150121|Strong=0227 21 יוֹתֵ֑ר יוֹתֵר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 18 obl _ Gloss=excessively|Ref=ECC_2:15!13|MId=o210020150131|Strong=3148 22-23 וְדִבַּ֣רְתִּי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 23 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ECC_2:15!14|MId=o210020150141|Strong=2050b 23 דִבַּ֣רְתִּי דָבַר VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=1 8 conj _ Gloss=I.said|Ref=ECC_2:15!14|MId=o210020150142|Strong=1696|Frame=A0:210010120021;A1:210020150181;|Type=qatal 24-26 בְלִבִּ֔י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 בְ בְּ ADP _ _ 25 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=ECC_2:15!15|MId=o210020150151|Strong=0871a 25 לִבּ לֵב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 23 obl _ Gloss=heart|Ref=ECC_2:15!15|MId=o210020150152|Strong=3820 26 ִ֔י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=ECC_2:15!15|MId=o210020150153|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 27-28 שֶׁגַּם־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 שֶׁ שֶׁ SCONJ _ _ 30 mark _ Gloss=(cmp)|Ref=ECC_2:15!16|MId=o210020150161|Strong=7578a|Type=relative 28 גַּם־ גַּם ADV _ _ 29 advmod _ Gloss=also|Ref=ECC_2:15!16|MId=o210020150162|Strong=1571 29 זֶ֖ה זֶה PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 nsubj _ Gloss=this|Ref=ECC_2:15!17|MId=o210020150171|Strong=2088|Type=demonstrative 30 הָֽבֶל הֶבֶל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 23 acl:relcl _ Gloss=[is].futility|Ref=ECC_2:15!18|MId=o210020150181|Strong=1892|SpaceAfter=No 31 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 30 punct _ Ref=ECC_2:15!18 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: no - the frame alone: decl · assert · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | אָמַרְתִּֽי *I said* | qatal · qal | אֲנִי *I* | | | | | יִקְר *it* | yiqtol · qal | מִקְרֵה *the fate* | ֵנִי *will happen to me* | | | | חָכַמְתִּי *have I become wise* | qatal · qal | אֲנִי *I* | | | | | דִבַּרְתִּי *I said* | qatal · piel | | הָֽבֶל *\[is\] futility* | | | MACULA's semantic frames: for each verb the head word of each participant. A0 is the one who acts, A1 what the act is done to or is about, A2 a further participant; AA, with a causative verb, the one who makes it happen. ## The Targum {#onkelos} וַאֲמָרִית אֲנָא בִּלְבָבִי כְּאִרְעוּן שָׁאוּל בַּר קִישׁ מַלְכָּא דִּסָט בְּסַטוּתֵיה וְלָא נְטַר תַּפְקִידְתָּא דְּאִתְפְּקַּד עַל עֲמָלֵק וְאִתְנְטָלַת מִנֵּיהּ מַלְכוּתָא אַף אֲנָא יְעַרְעִנַּנִי וְלָמָא דֵין חַכִּימִית אֲנָא בְּכֵין יַתִּיר מִנֵּיהּ וּמַלֵּילִית אֲנָא בְּלִבִּי דְּאַף דֵּין הַבָלוּ וְלֵית אֱלָהֵין גְּזֵירַת מֵימְרָא דַּיָי: The Aramaic translation read beside the Hebrew. Text only: Mova has no Aramaic parser yet. ## English, JPS 1917 {#english} Each sentence on its own page, with its tree and pragmatics. A sentence that runs on into the next verse is listed under the verse it begins in. 1. [Then said I in my heart: 'As it happeneth to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?' Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.33/) **Hebrew text:** Westminster Leningrad Codex, public domain. **Tree, glosses and frames:** MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets, available at [github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-hebrew](https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-hebrew/), [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); converted to Universal Dependencies by Mova (words in text order, a prefix its own word). **Speech act:** Mova's rules on the MACULA words (`macula prag`). **Targum:** Onkelos (Torat Emet), Jonathan and the Writings (Mikraot Gedolot), from Sefaria, public domain. **English:** JPS 1917, public domain; trees and speech acts by Mova's cycle, frames by Mova's reader (Elamur Cosmic License). Hebrew sentence `wlc:ECC:32`. - ← previous: [Ecclesiastes 2:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.2.14/) - next →: [Ecclesiastes 2:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.2.16/) - ↑ back to [Ecclesiastes 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC/2/)