Ecclesiastes 5:17 · JPS 1917
Behold that which I have seen: it is good, yea, it is comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy pleasure for all his labour, wherein he laboureth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him; for this is his portion.
Who acts: you, I, wrath, one, evil, God · What happens: behold, see, be, eat, drink, enjoy · To what, where: that, pleasure, sun, days, evil, portion
This is Ecclesiastes 5:17 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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, I, wrath, 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Behold | behold | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 1 Behold | obj |
| 3 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 seen | obj |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 seen | nsubj |
| 5 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 seen | aux |
| 6 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 that | acl:relcl |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 good | punct |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 good | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 good | cop |
| 10 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Behold | parataxis |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 comely | punct |
| 12 | yea | yea | INTJ | _ | 16 comely | discourse |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 yea | punct |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 comely | expl |
| 15 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 comely | cop |
| 16 | comely | comely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 good | parataxis |
| 17 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 20 eat | mark |
| 18 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 20 eat | nsubj |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 eat | mark |
| 20 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 comely | csubj |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 drink | cc |
| 22 | to | to | PART | _ | 23 drink | mark |
| 23 | drink | drink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 eat | conj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 enjoy | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 enjoy | cc |
| 26 | to | to | PART | _ | 27 enjoy | mark |
| 27 | enjoy | enjoy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 eat | conj |
| 28 | pleasure | pleasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 enjoy | obj |
| 29 | for | for | ADP | _ | 32 labour | case |
| 30 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 32 labour | det:predet |
| 31 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 labour | nmod:poss |
| 32 | labour | labour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 enjoy | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 laboureth | punct |
| 34 | wherein | wherein | ADV | PronType=Rel | 36 laboureth | advmod |
| 35 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 laboureth | nsubj |
| 36 | laboureth | labour | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 labour | acl:relcl |
| 37 | under | under | ADP | _ | 39 sun | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 sun | det |
| 39 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 laboureth | obl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 days | punct |
| 41 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 43 days | det:predet |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 days | det |
| 43 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 laboureth | obl:unmarked |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 life | case |
| 45 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 life | nmod:poss |
| 46 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 days | nmod |
| 47 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 50 given | obj |
| 48 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 50 given | nsubj |
| 49 | hath | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 50 given | aux |
| 50 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 43 days | acl:relcl |
| 51 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 50 given | iobj |
| 52 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 57 portion | punct |
| 53 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 57 portion | mark |
| 54 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 57 portion | nsubj |
| 55 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 57 portion | cop |
| 56 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 57 portion | nmod:poss |
| 57 | portion | portion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 comely | advcl |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Behold | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- assert
- voice
- narrator
- polarity
- pos
- teacher
- kept the draft
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | behold | imperative | you not said here | that | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | see | present · perfect | I | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | is | present | wrath | good property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | is | present | comely property | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | eat | to-infinitive | one | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | drink | to-infinitive | one not said here | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | enjoy | to-infinitive | one not said here | pleasure | for evil's labour | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer pleasure=Stimulus for labour=Attribute | |||
| 8 | labour | present | evil | the sun | day | wherein property | vn work-73.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||
| 9 | give | present · perfect | God | all days of evil's life | evil | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient which=Theme | |||
| 10 | is a | present | this | evil's portion | tree rules |
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
הִנֵּ֞ה אֲשֶׁר־רָאִ֣יתִי אָ֗נִי ט֣וֹב אֲשֶׁר־יָפֶ֣ה לֶֽאֶכוֹל־וְ֠לִשְׁתּוֹת וְלִרְא֨וֹת טוֹבָ֜ה בְּכָל־עֲמָל֣וֹ ׀ שֶׁיַּעֲמֹ֣ל תַּֽחַת־הַשֶּׁ֗מֶשׁ מִסְפַּ֧ר יְמֵי־חַיָּ֛יואֲשֶׁר־נָֽתַן־ל֥וֹ הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים כִּי־ה֥וּא חֶלְקֽוֹ׃
Ecclesiastes 5:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:ECC:108 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.
This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.108/