--- title: Ecclesiastes 6:2 (JPS 1917) — a man to whom God giveth riches, wealth, and honour, so that he want… · tree and pragmatics description: a man to whom God giveth riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it; this is vanity, and it is an evil disease. Who acts: God, stranger, this. 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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 (God, stranger, this), 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:ECC:112 # text = a man to whom God giveth riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it; this is vanity, and it is an evil disease. 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 obl _ _ 5 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 giveth give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 7 riches riches NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 17 mark _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 fixed _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 wanteth want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 18 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 17 obj _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 all all PRON DT PronType=Tot 21 nmod _ _ 24 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 obj _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 desireth desire VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 giveth give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 33 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 acl _ _ 36 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 eateth eat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 44 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 46 nsubj _ _ 45 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 46 vanity vanity NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 50 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 51 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 disease disease NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 2 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 | **give** | present | God | riches and wealth and honour | a man | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent riches=Theme to whom=Recipient | | 2 | **want** | present | God | nothing | | | | for God's soul of all | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot nothing=Theme | | 3 | **desire** | present | God | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot that=Theme | | 4 | **not** **give** | present | God | power | him *= he* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient power=Theme | | 5 | **eat** | to-infinitive | God *not said here* | power *not said here* | | | | thereof *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **eat** | present | a stranger | power | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 7 | **is a** | present | this | vanity and a evil disease | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **is a** | present | stranger | a evil disease | | | | | tree rules | 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} אִ֣ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִתֶּן־ל֣וֹ הָאֱלֹהִ֡ים עֹשֶׁר֩ וּנְכָסִ֨ים וְכָב֜וֹד וְֽאֵינֶ֨נּוּ חָסֵ֥ר לְנַפְשׁ֣וֹ ׀ מִכֹּ֣ל אֲשֶׁר־יִתְאַוֶּ֗ה וְלֹֽא־יַשְׁלִיטֶ֤נּוּ הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ לֶאֱכֹ֣ל מִמֶּ֔נּוּ כִּ֛י אִ֥ישׁ נָכְרִ֖י יֹֽאכֲלֶ֑נּוּ זֶ֥ה הֶ֛בֶל וָחֳלִ֥י רָ֖ע הֽוּא׃ [Ecclesiastes 6:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.6.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ECC:112` 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: [Ecclesiastes 6:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.111/) - next →: [Ecclesiastes 6:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.113/) - ↑ back to [Ecclesiastes 6:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.6.2/)