--- title: Ecclesiastes 9:1 (JPS 1917) — For all this I laid to my heart, even to make clear all this: that t… · tree and pragmatics description: For all this I laid to my heart, even to make clear all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them. Who acts: I, righteous, hand, 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, hand, 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:170 # text = For all this I laid to my heart, even to make clear all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them. 1 For for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 3 det:predet _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 obl _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 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 5 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 even even ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 13 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 xcomp _ _ 14 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 15 det:predet _ _ 15 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 obj _ _ 16 : : PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 righteous righteous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 nsubj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 conj _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 works work NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 conj _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 36 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 cop _ _ 39 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 root _ _ 40 or or CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 hatred hatred NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 knoweth know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 47 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 48 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 51 nsubj _ _ 49 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 50 before before ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 parataxis _ _ 52 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lay** | past | I | | | | | for this; to my heart | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for this=Beneficiary | | 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | clear *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 3 | **is** | present | the righteous and their works | | | the hand | | of God | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** | infinitive | hand | love or hatred | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **know** | present | man | hand | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** | present | all | | | | before love | | tree rules | | 7 | **work** | | their *= they* | | | | | | nom work «act 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} כִּ֣י אֶת־כָּל־זֶ֞ה נָתַ֤תִּי אֶל־לִבִּי֙ וְלָב֣וּר אֶת־כָּל־זֶ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר הַצַּדִּיקִ֧ים וְהַחֲכָמִ֛ים וַעֲבָדֵיהֶ֖ם בְּיַ֣ד הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים גַּֽם־אַהֲבָ֣ה גַם־שִׂנְאָ֗ה אֵ֤ין יוֹדֵ֙עַ֙ הָֽאָדָ֔ם הַכֹּ֖ל לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃ [Ecclesiastes 9:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.9.1/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ECC:170` 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 8:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.169/) - next →: [Ecclesiastes 9:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.171/) - ↑ back to [Ecclesiastes 9:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.9.1/)