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title: Song of Songs 2:14 (JPS 1917) — O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the covert of the… · tree and pragmatics
description: O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the covert of the cliff, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.' Who acts: dove, you, me, countenance. Song of Songs 2:14 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of ev
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# Song of Songs 2:14 · JPS 1917

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O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the covert of the cliff, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.'

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**Who acts:** dove, you, me, countenance · **What happens:** be, let, see, hear · **To what, where:** clefts, me, countenance, voice

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This is Song of Songs 2:14 · 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 (dove, you, me, countenance), 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 {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = jps:SNG:32
# text = O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the covert of the cliff, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.'
1	O	o	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	dove	dove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	vocative	_	_
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
6	art	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	clefts	cleft	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	acl:relcl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	covert	covert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	cliff	cliff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
22	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	21	obj	_	_
23	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	xcomp	_	_
24	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	25	nmod:poss	_	_
25	countenance	countenance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	_
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
27	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	conj	_	_
28	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	27	obj	_	_
29	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	27	xcomp	_	_
30	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	31	nmod:poss	_	_
31	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obj	_	_
32	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	37	punct	_	_
33	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	37	mark	_	_
34	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	advcl	_	_
35	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	37	cop	_	_
36	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	37	nmod:poss	_	_
37	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	parataxis	_	_
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
40	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	41	nmod:poss	_	_
41	countenance	countenance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	nsubj	_	_
42	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	43	cop	_	_
43	comely	comely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	conj	_	_
44	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	21	punct	_	_
45	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	21	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: request
- voice: character
- polarity: pos
- teacher: changed voice=character

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | my dove |  |  | the clefts |  | of the rock; in the covert of the cliff | tree rules |
| 2 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | me |  |  |  | my dove *vocative* | tree rules |
| 3 | **see** | infinitive | me *not said here* | thy countenance |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer countenance=Stimulus |
| 4 | **let** | infinitive | you *not said here* | me |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **hear** | infinitive | me *not said here* | thy voice |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus |
| 6 | **is a** | present |  | thy voice |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **is** | present | thy countenance |  |  |  |  | comely *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#hebrew}

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יוֹנָתִ֞י בְּחַגְוֵ֣י הַסֶּ֗לַע בְּסֵ֙תֶר֙ הַמַּדְרֵגָ֔ה הַרְאִ֙ינִי֙ אֶתּ־מַרְאַ֔יִךְהַשְׁמִיעִ֖ינִי אֶת־קוֹלֵ֑ךְ כִּי־קוֹלֵ֥ךְ עָרֵ֖ב וּמַרְאֵ֥יךְ נָאוֶֽה׃ס

[Song of Songs 2:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.2.14/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:SNG:32` of Mova's parse database.

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