--- title: Ecclesiastes 9:2 (JPS 1917) — All things come alike to all; there is one event to the righteous an… · tree and pragmatics description: All things come alike to all; there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth and to him that sacrificeth not; as is the good, so is the sinner, and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath. 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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 (things, one event), 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:171 # text = All things come alike to all; there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth and to him that sacrificeth not; as is the good, so is the sinner, and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath. 1 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 alike alike ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 obl _ _ 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 9 expl _ _ 9 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 event event NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 righteous righteous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 nmod _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 unclean unclean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 conj _ _ 34 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 35 sacrificeth sacrifice VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 conj _ _ 39 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 40 sacrificeth sacrifice VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 43 as as SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 advcl _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 so so ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 49 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 sinner sinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 conj _ _ 55 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 56 nsubj _ _ 56 sweareth swear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 acl:relcl _ _ 57 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 58 as as SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 59 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 orphan _ _ 60 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 61 nsubj _ _ 61 feareth fear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 59 acl:relcl _ _ 62 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 oath oath NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obj _ _ 64 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | **come** | present | all things | | | all | | alike *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to all=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **be** | present | one event to the righteous | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **sacrifice** | present | | | | | | | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **sacrifice** | present | | | | | | | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | present | | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is a** | present | | the sinner | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **swear** | present | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **fear** | present | | a oath | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer oath=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} הַכֹּ֞ל כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר לַכֹּ֗ל מִקְרֶ֨ה אֶחָ֜ד לַצַּדִּ֤יק וְלָרָשָׁע֙ לַטּוֹב֙ וְלַטָּה֣וֹר וְלַטָּמֵ֔א וְלַזֹּבֵ֔חַ וְלַאֲשֶׁ֖ר אֵינֶ֣נּוּ זֹבֵ֑חַ כַּטּוֹב֙ כַּֽחֹטֶ֔א הַנִּשְׁבָּ֕ע כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר שְׁבוּעָ֥ה יָרֵֽא׃ [Ecclesiastes 9:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.9.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ECC:171` 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 9:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.170/) - next →: [Ecclesiastes 9:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.172/) - ↑ back to [Ecclesiastes 9:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.9.2/)