--- title: Ecclesiastes 7:25 (JPS 1917) — I turned about, and applied my heart to know and to search out, and… · tree and pragmatics description: I turned about, and applied my heart to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason of things, and to know wickedness to be folly, and foolishness to be madness; Who acts: I. 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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), 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:147 # text = I turned about, and applied my heart to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason of things, and to know wickedness to be folly, and foolishness to be madness; 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 about about ADV RB _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 applied apply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 search search VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 14 out out ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 19 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 29 wickedness wickedness NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 cop _ _ 32 folly folly NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 xcomp _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 foolishness foolishness NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 cop _ _ 38 madness madness NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 acl _ _ 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 2 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 | **turn about** | past | I | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **apply** | past | I *not said here* | my heart | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Theme | | 3 | **know** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **search out** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **seek** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | wisdom and the reason of things | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wisdom=Theme | | 6 | **know** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | wickedness and foolishness | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer wickedness=Stimulus | | 7 | **is a** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | folly | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **is a** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | madness | | | | | 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} סַבּ֨וֹתִֽי אֲנִ֤י וְלִבִּי֙ לָדַ֣עַת וְלָת֔וּר וּבַקֵּ֥שׁ חָכְמָ֖ה וְחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן וְלָדַ֙עַת֙ רֶ֣שַׁע כֶּ֔סֶל וְהַסִּכְל֖וּת הוֹלֵלֽוֹת׃ [Ecclesiastes 7:25: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.7.25/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ECC:147` 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 7:24 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.146/) - next →: [Ecclesiastes 7:26 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.148/) - ↑ back to [Ecclesiastes 7:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.7.25/)