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title: Malachi 1:14 (JPS 1917) — But cursed be he that dealeth craftily, whereas he hath in his flock… · tree and pragmatics
description: But cursed be he that dealeth craftily, whereas he hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a blemished thing; for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and My name is feared among the nations. Who acts: LORD, I, My. Malachi 1:14 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree 
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# Malachi 1:14 · JPS 1917

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But cursed be he that dealeth craftily, whereas he hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a blemished thing; for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and My name is feared among the nations.

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**Who acts:** LORD, I, My · **What happens:** curse, deal, have, vow, sacrifice, be · **To what, where:** LORD, male, flock, blemished thing, great King, name · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Malachi 1:14 · 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 (LORD, I, My), 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:19
# text = But cursed be he that dealeth craftily, whereas he hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a blemished thing; for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and My name is feared among the nations.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	2	cc	_	_
2	cursed	curse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	aux:pass	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	dealeth	deal	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	craftily	craftily	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	hath	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	flock	flock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	male	male	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	voweth	vow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	sacrificeth	sacrifice	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
23	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	Lord	Lord	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
26	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
27	blemished	blemish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	_
29	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	35	punct	_	_
30	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	35	mark	_	_
31	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	_
32	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	35	cop	_	_
33	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
34	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
35	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	advcl	_	_
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
37	saith	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	obj	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	hosts	host	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	nmod	_	_
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
44	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	45	nmod:poss	_	_
45	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	nsubj:pass	_	_
46	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	47	aux:pass	_	_
47	feared	fear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
48	among	among	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	nations	nation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	47	obl	_	_
51	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curse** | infinitive · passive |  | LORD |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **deal** | present |  |  |  |  |  | craftily *property* | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **have** | present | LORD | a male |  | LORD's flock |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent male=Patient |
| 4 | **vow** | present | LORD *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **sacrifice** | present | LORD *not said here* | a blemished thing |  |  |  | unto the Lord | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent thing=Theme |
| 6 | **is a** | present | I | a great King |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past |  | the LORD of hosts |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent lord=Topic |
| 8 | **fear** | present · passive |  | My name |  |  |  | among the nations | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
| 9 | **name** |  | My |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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וְאָר֣וּר נוֹכֵ֗ל וְיֵ֤שׁ בְּעֶדְרוֹ֙ זָכָ֔ר וְנֹדֵ֛ר וְזֹבֵ֥חַ מָשְׁחָ֖ת לַֽאדֹנָ֑י כִּי֩ מֶ֨לֶךְ גָּד֜וֹל אָ֗נִי אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת וּשְׁמִ֖י נוֹרָ֥א בַגּוֹיִֽם׃

[Malachi 1:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MAL.1.14/)

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