--- title: Ecclesiastes 2:26 (JPS 1917) — For to the man that is good in His sight He giveth wisdom, and knowl… · tree and pragmatics description: For to the man that is good in His sight He giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner He giveth the task, to gather and to heap up, that he may leave to him that is good in the sight of God. Who acts: man, God, that. 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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 (man, God, that), 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:49 # text = For to the man that is good in His sight He giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner He giveth the task, to gather and to heap up, that he may leave to him that is good in the sight of God. 1 For for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 acl:relcl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 giveth give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 knowledge knowledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 sinner sinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 25 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 giveth give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 gather gather VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 heap heap VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 35 up up ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ _ 43 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 44 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 45 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 conj _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 12 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 | **is** | present | the man | | | God's sight | | good *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | present | God | wisdom and knowledge and joy | | | | for the man | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent wisdom=Theme for man=Asset | | 3 | **give** | present | God | the task | the sinner | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent task=Theme to sinner=Recipient | | 4 | **gather** | to-infinitive | God *not said here* | | | | | | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **heap up** | to-infinitive | God *not said here* | | | | | | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **leave** | may | God | | wisdom | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **is** | present | that | | | the sight of God | | good *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **sight** | | God | | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **sight** | | | God | | | | | 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} כִּ֤י לְאָדָם֙ שֶׁטּ֣וֹב לְפָנָ֔יו נָתַ֛ן חָכְמָ֥ה וְדַ֖עַת וְשִׂמְחָ֑ה וְלַחוֹטֶא֩ נָתַ֨ן עִנְיָ֜ן לֶאֱס֣וֹף וְלִכְנ֗וֹס לָתֵת֙ לְטוֹב֙ לִפְנֵ֣י הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים גַּם־זֶ֥ה הֶ֖בֶל וּרְע֥וּת רֽוּחַ׃ [Ecclesiastes 2:26: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.2.26/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. **For to the man that is good in His sight He giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner He giveth the task, to gather and to heap up, that he may leave to him that is good in the sight of God.** 2. [This also is vanity and a striving after wind.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.50/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ECC:49` 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 2:25 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.48/) - next →: [Ecclesiastes 2:26 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.50/) - ↑ back to [Ecclesiastes 2:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.2.26/)