--- title: Ecclesiastes 1:13 (JPS 1917) — And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concernin… · tree and pragmatics description: And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven; it is a sore task that God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith. Who acts: I, heart, God. 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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 (I, heart, God), 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:12 # text = And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven; it is a sore task that God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 applied apply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 search search VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 11 out out ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 concerning concern ADP VBG _ 16 case _ _ 15 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 16 det _ _ 16 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 17 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl:relcl _ _ 20 under under ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 sore sore ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 28 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 obj _ _ 29 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 30 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 acl:relcl _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 iobj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 exercised exercise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 advcl _ _ 40 therewith therewith ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | **apply** | past | I | my heart | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent heart=Theme clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **seek** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **search out** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | by wisdom; concern all things | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by wisdom=Location | | 4 | **do** | present · passive | | all things | | heaven | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 5 | **is a** | present | heart | a sore task | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **give** | present · perfect | God | a sore task | the sons of men | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent son=Recipient that=Theme | | 7 | **exercise** | to-infinitive · passive | God *not said here* | | | | | therewith *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V» | 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} וְנָתַ֣תִּי אֶת־לִבִּ֗י לִדְר֤וֹשׁ וְלָתוּר֙ בַּֽחָכְמָ֔ה עַ֛ל כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר נַעֲשָׂ֖ה תַּ֣חַת הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם ה֣וּא ׀ עִנְיַ֣ן רָ֗ע נָתַ֧ן אֱלֹהִ֛ים לִבְנֵ֥י הָאָדָ֖ם לַעֲנ֥וֹת בּֽוֹ׃ [Ecclesiastes 1:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.1.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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