--- title: Ecclesiastes 9:10 (JPS 1917) — Whatsoever thy hand attaineth to do by thy strength, that do; for th… · tree and pragmatics description: Whatsoever thy hand attaineth to do by thy strength, that do; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. Who acts: hand, work, thou. 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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 (hand, work, thou), 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:179 # text = Whatsoever thy hand attaineth to do by thy strength, that do; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. 1 Whatsoever whatsoever PRON WP PronType=Ind 4 obj _ _ 2 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 attaineth attain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 obj _ _ 12 do do VERB VBP Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 14 for for SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 16 expl _ _ 16 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 17 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 18 det _ _ 18 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 21 cc _ _ 21 device device NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 24 cc _ _ 24 knowledge knowledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 27 cc _ _ 27 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Rel 35 advmod _ _ 34 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 35 nsubj _ _ 35 goest go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=imp, act=request, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **attain** | present | thy hand | Whatsoever | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | thy hand *not said here* | | | | | by thy strength | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **do** | present | | that | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 4 | **does** | present | no work nor device nor knowledge nor wisdom | | | the grave; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in grave=Location | | 5 | **go** | present | thou | | | | | whither *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} כֹּ֠ל אֲשֶׁ֨ר תִּמְצָ֧א יָֽדְךָ֛ לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת בְּכֹחֲךָ֖ עֲשֵׂ֑ה כִּי֩ אֵ֨ין מַעֲשֶׂ֤ה וְחֶשְׁבּוֹן֙ וְדַ֣עַת וְחָכְמָ֔ה בִּשְׁא֕וֹל אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתָּ֖ה הֹלֵ֥ךְ שָֽׁמָּה׃ס [Ecclesiastes 9:10: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.9.10/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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