--- title: Song of Songs 7:9 — I said: 'I will climb up into the palm-tree, I will take hold of the… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: I said: 'I will climb up into the palm-tree, I will take hold of the branches thereof; and let thy breasts be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy countenance like apples; Who acts: I, breasts, countenance. 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The page gives the verse in Hebrew as the Westminster Leningrad Codex has it, its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, built from MACULA Hebrew — and its pragmatics: who acts — I, breasts, countenance — and what happens in the verse to palm tree, hold, breasts, branches, read clause by clause by Mova's frames. Beside it stand the Aramaic of the Targum and the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, each English sentence with a tree of its own. It is one of the 8 chapters of Song of Songs on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between. אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙ אֶעֱלֶ֣ה בְתָמָ֔ר אֹֽחֲזָ֖ה בְּסַנְסִנָּ֑יו וְיִֽהְיוּ־נָ֤א שָׁדַ֙יִךְ֙ כְּאֶשְׁכְּל֣וֹת הַגֶּ֔פֶן וְרֵ֥יחַ אַפֵּ֖ךְ כַּתַּפּוּחִֽים׃ [I said: 'I will climb up into the palm-tree, I will take hold of the branches thereof; and let thy breasts be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy countenance like apples;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/SNG.112/) ## The tree {#tree} Right to left, as the Hebrew is read; a prefix or suffix is a word of its own, and a line under the words joins those written as one. Under each word its part of speech and MACULA's English gloss. ```conllu rtl gloss # sent_id = wlc:SNG:97 # text = אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙ אֶעֱלֶ֣ה בְתָמָ֔ר אֹֽחֲזָ֖ה בְּסַנְסִנָּ֑יו וְיִֽהְיוּ־נָ֤א שָׁדַ֙יִךְ֙ כְּאֶשְׁכְּל֣וֹת הַגֶּ֔פֶן וְרֵ֥יחַ אַפֵּ֖ךְ כַּתַּפּוּחִֽים׃ # verse = SNG.7.9 1 אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙ אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 0 root _ Gloss=I.say|Ref=SNG_7:9!1|MId=o220070090011|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:220060030032;|Type=qatal 2 אֶעֱלֶ֣ה עָלָה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 1 ccomp _ Gloss=I.will.climb.up|Ref=SNG_7:9!2|MId=o220070090021|Strong=5927|Frame=A0:220060030032;|Type=cohortative 3-4 בְתָמָ֔ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 בְ בְּ ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=on.[the]|Ref=SNG_7:9!3|MId=o220070090031|Strong=0871a 4 תָמָ֔ר תָּמָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 obl _ Gloss=palm.tree|Ref=SNG_7:9!3|MId=o220070090032|Strong=8558 5 אֹֽחֲזָ֖ה אָחַז VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 2 parataxis _ Gloss=I.will.take.hold|Ref=SNG_7:9!4|MId=o220070090041|Strong=0270|Frame=A0:220060030032;|Type=cohortative 6-8 בְּסַנְסִנָּ֑יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 7 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=SNG_7:9!5|MId=o220070090051|Strong=0871a 7 סַנְסִנָּ֑י סַנְסִנָּה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 5 obl _ Gloss=fruit-stalks|Ref=SNG_7:9!5|MId=o220070090052|Strong=5577 8 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ Gloss=its|Ref=SNG_7:9!5|MId=o220070090053|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 9-10 וְיִֽהְיוּ־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 15 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=SNG_7:9!6|MId=o220070090061|Strong=2050b 10 יִֽהְיוּ־ הָיָה AUX _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 15 cop _ Gloss=may.they.be|Ref=SNG_7:9!6|MId=o220070090062|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:220070090081;|Type=jussive 11 נָ֤א נָא INTJ _ _ 15 discourse _ Gloss=please|Ref=SNG_7:9!7|MId=o220070090071|Strong=4994|Type=exhortation 12-13 שָׁדַ֙יִךְ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 שָׁדַ֙י שַׁד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Dual 15 nsubj _ Gloss=breasts|Ref=SNG_7:9!8|MId=o220070090081|Strong=7699 13 ִךְ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=SNG_7:9!8|MId=o220070090082|Strong=3509c|Type=pronominal 14-15 כְּאֶשְׁכְּל֣וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 כְּ כְּ ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=like|Ref=SNG_7:9!9|MId=o220070090091|Strong=3509a 15 אֶשְׁכְּל֣וֹת אֶשְׁכּוֹל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 2 conj _ Gloss=the.clusters|Ref=SNG_7:9!9|MId=o220070090092|Strong=0811 16-17 הַגֶּ֔פֶן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 17 det _ Gloss=of.(the)|Ref=SNG_7:9!10|MId=o220070090101|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 17 גֶּ֔פֶן גֶּפֶן NOUN _ Number=Sing 15 compound:smixut _ Gloss=vine|Ref=SNG_7:9!10|MId=o220070090102|Strong=1612 18-19 וְרֵ֥יחַ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 19 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=SNG_7:9!11|MId=o220070090111|Strong=2050b 19 רֵ֥יחַ רֵיחַ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 conj _ Gloss=the.odor|Ref=SNG_7:9!11|MId=o220070090112|Strong=7381 20-21 אַפֵּ֖ךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 אַפּ אַף NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 19 compound:smixut _ Gloss=your.nose|Ref=SNG_7:9!12|MId=o220070090121|Strong=0639 21 ֵ֖ךְ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=SNG_7:9!12|MId=o220070090122|Strong=3509c|Type=pronominal 22-24 כַּתַּפּוּחִֽים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 כַּ כְּ ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=like|Ref=SNG_7:9!13|MId=o220070090131|Strong=3509a 23 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 24 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=SNG_7:9!13|MId=o220070090131ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 24 תַּפּוּחִֽים תַּפּוּחַ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 19 obl _ Gloss=apples|Ref=SNG_7:9!13|MId=o220070090132|Strong=8598 25 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 24 punct _ Ref=SNG_7:9!13 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: no - the frame alone: decl · assert · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | אָמַרְתִּי *I say* | qatal · qal | | | | | | אֶעֱלֶה *I will climb up* | cohortative · qal | | | | | | אֹֽחֲזָה *I will take hold* | cohortative · qal | | | | | | יִֽהְיוּ־ *may they be* | jussive · qal | שָׁדַי *breasts* | | | | MACULA's semantic frames: for each verb the head word of each participant. A0 is the one who acts, A1 what the act is done to or is about, A2 a further participant; AA, with a causative verb, the one who makes it happen. ## The Targum {#onkelos} אֲמַר יְיָ בְּמֵימְרֵיהּ אַסַּק וַאֲנַסֵּי לְדָנִיֵּאל וְאַחְזֵי אִי כָּהִיל לְמֵיקָם בְּנִסְיוֹנָא חֲדָא הֵיכְמָא דְּקָם אַבְרָהָם דְּדָמֵי לְלוֹלַבָּא דְּתָמָר בְּעַסְרָא נִסְיוֹנִין וּבָחֵין אֲנָא אַף לַחֲנַנְיָה מִישָׁאֵל וַעֲזַרְיָה אִי כָּהְלִין לְמֵיקָם בְּנִסְיוֹנְהוֹן אֶפְרוֹק בְּדִיל זְכוּתְהוֹן לְעַמָּא בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל דִּמְתִילִין לְאַתְכָּלִין דְּעִנְבִין וְשׁוֹמְהוֹן דְּדָנִיֵּאל חֲנַנְיָה מִישָׁאֵל וַעֲזַרְיָה אִשְׁתְּמַע בְּכָל אַרְעָא וְרֵיחֵיהוֹן יְהֵי נָדֵיף כְּרֵיחַ תַּפּוּחִין דְּגִנְּתָא דְּעֵדֶן: The Aramaic translation read beside the Hebrew. Text only: Mova has no Aramaic parser yet. ## English, JPS 1917 {#english} Each sentence on its own page, with its tree and pragmatics. A sentence that runs on into the next verse is listed under the verse it begins in. 1. [I said: 'I will climb up into the palm-tree, I will take hold of the branches thereof; and let thy breasts be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy countenance like apples;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/SNG.112/) **Hebrew text:** Westminster Leningrad Codex, public domain. **Tree, glosses and frames:** MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets, available at [github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-hebrew](https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-hebrew/), [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); converted to Universal Dependencies by Mova (words in text order, a prefix its own word). **Speech act:** Mova's rules on the MACULA words (`macula prag`). **Targum:** Onkelos (Torat Emet), Jonathan and the Writings (Mikraot Gedolot), from Sefaria, public domain. **English:** JPS 1917, public domain; trees and speech acts by Mova's cycle, frames by Mova's reader (Elamur Cosmic License). 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