--- title: Ecclesiastes 12:4 (JPS 1917) — And the doors shall be shut in the street, when the sound of the gri… · tree and pragmatics description: And the doors shall be shut in the street, when the sound of the grinding is low; and one shall start up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low; Who acts: sound, one. 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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 (sound, one), 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:222 # text = And the doors shall be shut in the street, when the sound of the grinding is low; and one shall start up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low; 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 shut shut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 street street NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 11 when when SCONJ WRB _ 18 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 grinding grinding NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 advcl _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 one one NUM CD NumType=Card 23 nsubj _ _ 22 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 start start VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 24 up up ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 33 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 35 det:predet _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 38 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 41 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 xcomp _ _ 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 6 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 | **shut** | shall · passive | | the doors | | the street | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **is** | present | the sound of the grinding | | | | | low *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **start up** | shall | one | | | the voice of a bird | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 4 | **bring** | shall · passive | | all daughters of music | | | | low *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination | 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} וְסֻגְּר֤וּ דְלָתַ֙יִם֙ בַּשּׁ֔וּק בִּשְׁפַ֖ל ק֣וֹל הַֽטַּחֲנָ֑ה וְיָקוּם֙ לְק֣וֹל הַצִּפּ֔וֹר וְיִשַּׁ֖חוּ כָּל־בְּנ֥וֹת הַשִּֽׁיר׃ [Ecclesiastes 12:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.12.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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