--- title: Ecclesiastes 8:9 (JPS 1917) — All this have I seen, even applied my heart thereto, whatever the wo… · tree and pragmatics description: All this have I seen, even applied my heart thereto, whatever the work that is done under the sun; what time one man had power over another to his hurt. Who acts: I, one man, 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, one man, 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:161 # text = All this have I seen, even applied my heart thereto, whatever the work that is done under the sun; what time one man had power over another to his hurt. 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 2 det:predet _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 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 0 root _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 even even ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 applied apply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 9 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 thereto thereto ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 whatever whatever ADV WP PronType=Rel 15 advmod _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl:relcl _ _ 19 under under ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 23 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 24 det _ _ 24 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl:unmarked _ _ 25 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 nummod _ _ 26 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 28 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 29 over over ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 28 nmod _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 hurt hurt NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 34 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present · perfect | I | this | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **apply** | past | I *not said here* | my heart | | | | the work *obl:unmarked*; thereto *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Theme | | 3 | **do** | present · passive | | the work | | the sun | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 4 | **have** | past | one man | power | | another | time | to man's hurt | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient | | 5 | **hurt** | | man | | | | | | nom hurt «state intransitive»: poss=agent | 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־כָּל־זֶ֤ה רָאִ֙יתִי֙ וְנָת֣וֹן אֶת־לִבִּ֔י לְכָֽל־מַעֲשֶׂ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר נַעֲשָׂ֖ה תַּ֣חַת הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ עֵ֗ת אֲשֶׁ֨ר שָׁלַ֧ט הָאָדָ֛ם בְּאָדָ֖ם לְרַ֥ע לֽוֹ׃ [Ecclesiastes 8:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.8.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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