Ecclesiastes 9:10 · JPS 1917
Whatsoever thy hand attaineth to do by thy strength, that do; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
Who acts: hand, work, thou · What happens: attain, do, be, go · To what, where: Whatsoever, that, grave
This is Ecclesiastes 9:10 · 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 (hand, work, thou), 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 | Whatsoever | whatsoever | PRON | PronType=Ind | 4 attaineth | obj |
| 2 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 3 hand | nmod:poss |
| 3 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 attaineth | nsubj |
| 4 | attaineth | attain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 do | mark |
| 6 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 attaineth | xcomp |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 strength | case |
| 8 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 9 strength | nmod:poss |
| 9 | strength | strength | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 do | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 do | punct |
| 11 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 do | obj |
| 12 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 attaineth | parataxis |
| 13 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 16 is | punct |
| 14 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 16 is | mark |
| 15 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 16 is | expl |
| 16 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 attaineth | advcl |
| 17 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 18 work | det |
| 18 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 is | nsubj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 device | punct |
| 20 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 21 device | cc |
| 21 | device | device | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 work | conj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 knowledge | punct |
| 23 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 24 knowledge | cc |
| 24 | knowledge | knowledge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 work | conj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 wisdom | punct |
| 26 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 27 wisdom | cc |
| 27 | wisdom | wisdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 work | conj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 grave | punct |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 grave | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 grave | det |
| 31 | grave | grave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 is | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 goest | punct |
| 33 | whither | whither | ADV | PronType=Rel | 35 goest | advmod |
| 34 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 35 goest | nsubj |
| 35 | goest | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 grave | acl:relcl |
| 36 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 attaineth | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- command
- act
- request
- voice
- character
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- changed form=imp, act=request, voice=character
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | attain | present | thy hand | Whatsoever | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | do | to-infinitive | thy hand not said here | by thy strength | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | do | present | that | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | does | present | no work nor device nor knowledge nor wisdom | the grave; there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in grave=Location | ||||
| 5 | go | present | thou | whither property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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
כֹּ֠ל אֲשֶׁ֨ר תִּמְצָ֧א יָֽדְךָ֛ לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת בְּכֹחֲךָ֖ עֲשֵׂ֑ה כִּי֩ אֵ֨ין מַעֲשֶׂ֤ה וְחֶשְׁבּוֹן֙ וְדַ֣עַת וְחָכְמָ֔ה בִּשְׁא֕וֹל אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתָּ֖ה הֹלֵ֥ךְ שָֽׁמָּה׃ס
Ecclesiastes 9:10: 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:179 of Mova's parse database.
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