--- title: Ecclesiastes 8:16 (JPS 1917) — When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that… · tree and pragmatics description: When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth — for neither day nor night do men see sleep with their eyes — Who acts: I, men. 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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, 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:168 # text = When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth — for neither day nor night do men see sleep with their eyes — 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 3 mark _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 applied apply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 8 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 business business NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl:relcl _ _ 18 upon upon ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 — - PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 neither neither DET DT PronType=Neg 24 det _ _ 24 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 25 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 26 cc _ _ 26 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 27 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 29 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 30 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 34 — - PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **apply** | past | I | my heart | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Theme | | 2 | **know** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | wisdom | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer wisdom=Stimulus | | 3 | **see** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | the business | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer business=Stimulus | | 4 | **do** | present · passive | | the business | | | | upon the earth | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 5 | **see** | present · do-support | men | sleep | | | day | with sons's eyes | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sleep=Stimulus | 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} כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר נָתַ֤תִּי אֶת־לִבִּי֙ לָדַ֣עַת חָכְמָ֔ה וְלִרְאוֹת֙ אֶת־הָ֣עִנְיָ֔ן אֲשֶׁ֥ר נַעֲשָׂ֖ה עַל־הָאָ֑רֶץ כִּ֣י גַ֤ם בַּיּוֹם֙ וּבַלַּ֔יְלָה שֵׁנָ֕ה בְּעֵינָ֖יו אֵינֶ֥נּוּ רֹאֶֽה׃ [Ecclesiastes 8:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.8.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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