--- title: Ecclesiastes 11:9 (JPS 1917) — Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in… · tree and pragmatics description: Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. Who acts: you, heart, thou, God. 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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 (you, heart, thou, God), 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:217 # text = Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. 1 Rejoice rejoice VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 O o INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ _ 4 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 vocative _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 in in 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 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 13 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 cheer cheer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 16 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 obj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 walk walk VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 ways way NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ _ 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 41 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 43 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 42 nsubj _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 45 that that SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 46 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 49 det:predet _ _ 48 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 49 det _ _ 49 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obl _ _ 50 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 51 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 ccomp _ _ 53 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 52 obj _ _ 54 into into ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 judgment judgment NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rejoice** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | thy youth | | young man *vocative* | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **let** | infinitive | you *not said here* | thy heart | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **cheer** | infinitive | thy heart *not said here* | thee | | | day | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus thou=Experiencer | | 4 | **walk** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | the ways of thy heart and the sight of thine eyes | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in way=Trajectory | | 5 | **know** | infinitive | thou | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **bring** | future | God | thee | | judgment | | for all things | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent thou=Theme into judgment=Destination | | 7 | **sight** | | | thine eyes | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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} שְׂמַ֧ח בָּח֣וּר בְּיַלְדוּתֶ֗יךָ וִֽיטִֽיבְךָ֤ לִבְּךָ֙ בִּימֵ֣י בְחוּרוֹתֶ֔ךָ וְהַלֵּךְ֙ בְּדַרְכֵ֣י לִבְּךָ֔ וּבְמַרְאֵ֖י עֵינֶ֑יךָ וְדָ֕ע כִּ֧י עַל־כָּל־אֵ֛לֶּה יְבִֽיאֲךָ֥ הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ [Ecclesiastes 11:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.11.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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