--- title: Ecclesiastes 7:15 (JPS 1917) — All things have I seen in the days of my vanity; there is a righteou… · tree and pragmatics description: All things have I seen in the days of my vanity; there is a righteous man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his evil-doing. Who acts: I, righteous man, wicked man. 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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, righteous man, wicked man), 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:137 # text = All things have I seen in the days of my vanity; there is a righteous man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his evil-doing. 1 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 vanity vanity NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 13 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 14 expl _ _ 14 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 righteous righteous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 perisheth perish VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 righteousness righteousness NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 26 expl _ _ 26 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 30 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 31 prolongeth prolong VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 36 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 compound _ _ 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ _ 38 doing doing NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present · perfect | I | all things | | | day | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | | 2 | **be** | present | a righteous man | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **perish** | present | a righteous man | | | God's righteousness | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **be** | present | a wicked man | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **prolong** | present | a wicked man | God's life | | God's evil doing | | | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent life=Theme | 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} אֶת־הַכֹּ֥ל רָאִ֖יתִי בִּימֵ֣י הֶבְלִ֑י יֵ֤שׁ צַדִּיק֙ אֹבֵ֣ד בְּצִדְק֔וֹ וְיֵ֣שׁ רָשָׁ֔ע מַאֲרִ֖יךְ בְּרָעָתֽוֹ׃ [Ecclesiastes 7:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.7.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ECC:137` 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 7:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.136/) - next →: [Ecclesiastes 7:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.138/) - ↑ back to [Ecclesiastes 7:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.7.15/)