--- title: Ecclesiastes 6:10 (JPS 1917) — Whatsoever cometh into being, the name thereof was given long ago, a… · tree and pragmatics description: Whatsoever cometh into being, the name thereof was given long ago, and it is foreknown what man is; neither can he contend with Him that is mightier than he. Who acts: Whatsoever, appetite. 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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 (Whatsoever, appetite), 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:120 # text = Whatsoever cometh into being, the name thereof was given long ago, and it is foreknown what man is; neither can he contend with Him that is mightier than he. 1 Whatsoever whatsoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 2 nsubj _ _ 2 cometh come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 being be NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 11 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ _ 12 ago ago ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 foreknown foreknow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ _ 18 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 19 obj _ _ 19 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 ccomp _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 22 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 25 cc _ _ 23 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 contend contend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 28 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 mightier mighty ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 27 acl:relcl _ _ 31 than than ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 33 . . PUNCT . _ 10 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** | present | Whatsoever | | | being | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into be=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **give** | past · passive | | the name | | | | ago *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **foreknow** | present · passive | | name | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **contend** | can | appetite | | | | | with soul | vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with he=Co-Agent | | 5 | **is** | present | | | | | | than appetite; mighty *property* | 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} מַה־שֶּֽׁהָיָ֗ה כְּבָר֙ נִקְרָ֣א שְׁמ֔וֹ וְנוֹדָ֖ע אֲשֶׁר־ה֣וּא אָדָ֑ם וְלֹא־יוּכַ֣ל לָדִ֔ין עִ֥ם שֶׁתַּקִּ֖יף מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃ [Ecclesiastes 6:10: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.6.10/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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