--- title: Ecclesiastes 8:14 (JPS 1917) — There is a vanity which is done upon the earth: that there are right… · tree and pragmatics description: There is a vanity which is done upon the earth: that there are righteous men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous — I said that this also is vanity. 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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 (vanity, righteous men, it, wicked men), 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:166 # text = There is a vanity which is done upon the earth: that there are righteous men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous — I said that this also is vanity. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 vanity vanity NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 8 upon upon ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 14 expl _ _ 14 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 15 righteous righteous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 unto unto ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 obl _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 happeneth happen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 22 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 case _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 22 fixed _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 nmod _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 30 again again ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 32 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 33 expl _ _ 33 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 34 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 40 obl _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 happeneth happen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 41 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 44 case _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 41 fixed _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 righteous righteous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 nmod _ _ 48 — - PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 51 that that SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 52 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 55 nsubj _ _ 53 also also ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 54 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 cop _ _ 55 vanity vanity NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 ccomp _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 2 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 | **be** | present | a vanity | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **do** | present · passive | | a vanity | | | | upon the earth | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 3 | **does** | present | righteous men | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **happen** | present | it | | | | | unto righteous men; accord the work of the wicked | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **does** | present | wicked men | | | there | again | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **happen** | present | it | | | | | to wicked men; accord the work of the righteous | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **is a** | present | this | vanity | | | | | 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} יֶשׁ־הֶבֶל֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נַעֲשָׂ֣ה עַל־הָאָרֶץ֒ אֲשֶׁ֣ר ׀ יֵ֣שׁ צַדִּיקִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר מַגִּ֤יעַ אֲלֵהֶם֙ כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה הָרְשָׁעִ֔ים וְיֵ֣שׁ רְשָׁעִ֔ים שֶׁמַּגִּ֥יעַ אֲלֵהֶ֖ם כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה הַצַּדִּיקִ֑ים אָמַ֕רְתִּי שֶׁגַּם־זֶ֖ה הָֽבֶל׃ [Ecclesiastes 8:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.8.14/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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