--- title: Song of Songs 6:9 (JPS 1917) — My dove, my undefiled, is but one; she is the only one of her mother… · tree and pragmatics description: My dove, my undefiled, is but one; she is the only one of her mother; she is the choice one of her that bore her. Who acts: dove, flock. 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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, flock), 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:96 # text = My dove, my undefiled, is but one; she is the only one of her mother; she is the choice one of her that bore her. 1 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 dove dove NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 undefiled undefiled NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 but but ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 parataxis _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 choice choice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 parataxis _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nmod _ _ 27 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 bore bear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 29 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | My dove | one | | | | but *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | flock | the only one | | | | of flock's mother | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | present | flock | the choice one | | | | of Gilead | tree rules | | 4 | **bear** | past | | flock | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | 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} אַחַ֥ת הִיא֙ יוֹנָתִ֣י תַמָּתִ֔י אַחַ֥ת הִיא֙ לְאִמָּ֔הּ בָּרָ֥ה הִ֖יא לְיֽוֹלַדְתָּ֑הּ רָא֤וּהָ בָנוֹת֙ וַֽיְאַשְּׁר֔וּהָ מְלָכ֥וֹת וּפִֽילַגְשִׁ֖ים וַֽיְהַלְלֽוּהָ׃ס [Song of Songs 6:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.6.9/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. **My dove, my undefiled, is but one; she is the only one of her mother; she is the choice one of her that bore her.** 2. [The daughters saw her, and called her happy; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/SNG.97/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:SNG:96` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Song of Songs 6:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/SNG.95/) - next →: [Song of Songs 6:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/SNG.97/) - ↑ back to [Song of Songs 6:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.6.9/)