--- title: Malachi 1:8 (JPS 1917) — Present it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee? or w… · tree and pragmatics description: Present it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee? or will he accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts. Who acts: you, Edom, LORD. 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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 (you, Edom, LORD), 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:MAL:12 # text = Present it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee? or will he accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts. 1 Present present VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 1 advmod _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 governor governor NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 8 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 cop _ _ 11 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 obl _ _ 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ 15 or or CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 accept accept VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 19 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 ? ? PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ 22 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 hosts host NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 27 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: suggest - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **present** | imperative | you *not said here* | blind | | | now | unto thy governor | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **is** | future | Edom | | | | | with thee; pleased *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **accept** | future | Edom | thy person | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD of hosts | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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 {#hebrew} וְכִֽי־תַגִּשׁ֨וּן עִוֵּ֤ר לִזְבֹּ֙חַ֙ אֵ֣ין רָ֔ע וְכִ֥י תַגִּ֛ישׁוּ פִּסֵּ֥חַ וְחֹלֶ֖ה אֵ֣ין רָ֑ע הַקְרִיבֵ֨הוּ נָ֜א לְפֶחָתֶ֗ךָ הֲיִּרְצְךָ֙א֚וֹ הֲיִשָּׂ֣א פָנֶ֔יךָ אָמַ֖ר יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃ [Malachi 1:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MAL.1.8/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. [And when ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it no evil!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/MAL.10/) 2. [And when ye offer the lame and sick, is it no evil!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/MAL.11/) 3. **Present it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee? or will he accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts.** **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:MAL:12` 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: [Malachi 1:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/MAL.11/) - next →: [Malachi 1:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/MAL.13/) - ↑ back to [Malachi 1:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MAL.1.8/)