Ecclesiastes 9:9 · JPS 1917
Enjoy life with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which He hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity; for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labour wherein thou labourest under the sun.
Who acts: you, thou, head, that · What happens: enjoy, love, give, be, labour · To what, where: life, wife, thee, sun, portion, sun.
This is Ecclesiastes 9:9 · 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, thou, head, 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enjoy | enjoy | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Enjoy | obj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 wife | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 wife | det |
| 5 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Enjoy | obl |
| 6 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 lovest | obj |
| 7 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 8 lovest | nsubj |
| 8 | lovest | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 wife | acl:relcl |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 days | det:predet |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 days | det |
| 11 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 lovest | obl:unmarked |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 life | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 life | det |
| 14 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 days | nmod |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 vanity | case |
| 16 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 17 vanity | nmod:poss |
| 17 | vanity | vanity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 life | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 given | punct |
| 19 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 22 given | obj |
| 20 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 given | nsubj |
| 21 | hath | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 given | aux |
| 22 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 life | acl:relcl |
| 23 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 22 given | iobj |
| 24 | under | under | ADP | _ | 26 sun | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 sun | det |
| 26 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 given | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 days | punct |
| 28 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 30 days | det:predet |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 days | det |
| 30 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 lovest | obl:unmarked |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 vanity | case |
| 32 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 33 vanity | nmod:poss |
| 33 | vanity | vanity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 days | nmod |
| 34 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 39 portion | punct |
| 35 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 39 portion | mark |
| 36 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 39 portion | nsubj |
| 37 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 portion | cop |
| 38 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 39 portion | nmod:poss |
| 39 | portion | portion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Enjoy | parataxis |
| 40 | in | in | ADP | _ | 41 life | case |
| 41 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 portion | nmod |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 labour | punct |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 labour | cc |
| 44 | in | in | ADP | _ | 46 labour | case |
| 45 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 46 labour | nmod:poss |
| 46 | labour | labour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 portion | conj |
| 47 | wherein | wherein | ADV | PronType=Int | 49 labourest | advmod |
| 48 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 49 labourest | nsubj |
| 49 | labourest | labour | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 labour | acl:relcl |
| 50 | under | under | ADP | _ | 52 sun. | case |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 sun. | det |
| 52 | sun. | sun | NOUN | _ | 49 labourest | obl |
Pragmatics
- form
- command
- act
- request
- voice
- character
- polarity
- pos
- teacher
- changed voice=character
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enjoy | imperative | you not said here | life | with the wife | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer life=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | love | present | thou | the wife | day | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | give | present · perfect | head | the life of thy vanity | thee | the sun | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient which=Theme | ||
| 4 | is a | present | that | thy portion and thy labour | life | tree rules | |||
| 5 | labour | present | thou | the sun. | wherein property | vn work-73.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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
רְאֵ֨ה חַיִּ֜ים עִם־אִשָּׁ֣ה אֲשֶׁר־אָהַ֗בְתָּ כָּל־יְמֵי֙ חַיֵּ֣י הֶבְלֶ֔ךָ אֲשֶׁ֤ר נָֽתַן־לְךָ֙ תַּ֣חַת הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ כֹּ֖ל יְמֵ֣י הֶבְלֶ֑ךָ כִּ֣י ה֤וּא חֶלְקְךָ֙ בַּֽחַיִּ֔ים וּבַעֲמָ֣לְךָ֔ אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּ֥ה עָמֵ֖ל תַּ֥חַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃
Ecclesiastes 9:9: 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:178 of Mova's parse database.
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