Ecclesiastes 8:16 · JPS 1917
When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth — for neither day nor night do men see sleep with their eyes —
Who acts: I, men · What happens: apply, know, see, do · To what, where: heart, wisdom, business, sleep
This is Ecclesiastes 8:16 · 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 (I, men), 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 | When | when | SCONJ | _ | 3 applied | mark |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 applied | nsubj |
| 3 | applied | apply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 see | advcl |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 heart | nmod:poss |
| 5 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 applied | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 know | mark |
| 7 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 applied | advcl |
| 8 | wisdom | wisdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 know | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 see | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 see | cc |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 see | mark |
| 12 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 know | conj |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 business | det |
| 14 | business | business | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 see | obj |
| 15 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 done | nsubj:pass |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 done | aux:pass |
| 17 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 business | acl:relcl |
| 18 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 20 earth | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 earth | det |
| 20 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 done | obl |
| 21 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 29 see | punct |
| 22 | for | for | ADP | _ | 24 day | case |
| 23 | neither | neither | DET | PronType=Neg | 24 day | det |
| 24 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 see | obl |
| 25 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 26 night | cc |
| 26 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 day | conj |
| 27 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 29 see | aux |
| 28 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 see | nsubj |
| 29 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 30 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 see | obj |
| 31 | with | with | ADP | _ | 33 eyes | case |
| 32 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 33 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 see | obl |
| 34 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 29 see | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- narrate
- voice
- character
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- changed voice=character
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | apply | past | I | my heart | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Theme | ||||
| 2 | know | to-infinitive | I not said here | wisdom | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer wisdom=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | see | to-infinitive | I not said here | the business | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer business=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | do | present · passive | the business | upon the earth | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | ||||
| 5 | see | present · do-support | men | sleep | day | with sons's eyes | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sleep=Stimulus |
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
כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר נָתַ֤תִּי אֶת־לִבִּי֙ לָדַ֣עַת חָכְמָ֔ה וְלִרְאוֹת֙ אֶת־הָ֣עִנְיָ֔ן אֲשֶׁ֥ר נַעֲשָׂ֖ה עַל־הָאָ֑רֶץ כִּ֣י גַ֤ם בַּיּוֹם֙ וּבַלַּ֔יְלָה שֵׁנָ֕ה בְּעֵינָ֖יו אֵינֶ֥נּוּ רֹאֶֽה׃
Ecclesiastes 8:16: 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:168 of Mova's parse database.
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