--- title: Malachi 2:2 (JPS 1917) — If ye will not hearken, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give… · tree and pragmatics description: If ye will not hearken, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto My name, saith the LORD of hosts, then will I send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yea, I curse them, because ye do not lay it to heart. Who acts: ye, LORD, I, My. 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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 (ye, 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:21 # text = If ye will not hearken, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto My name, saith the LORD of hosts, then will I send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yea, I curse them, because ye do not lay it to heart. 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 hearken hearken VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 nsubj _ _ 10 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 19 glory glory NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 20 unto unto ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 parataxis _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 hosts host NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 33 advmod _ _ 31 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 curse curse NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 upon upon ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 curse curse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 43 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 blessings blessing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ _ 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 46 yea yea INTJ UH _ 49 discourse _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 curse curse VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 50 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 52 because because SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 53 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 56 nsubj _ _ 54 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 55 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 56 advmod _ _ 56 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 advcl _ _ 57 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ _ 58 to to ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ _ 60 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: warn - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=warn, polarity=neg, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **hearken** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | ye | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **lay** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | ye | commandment | | | | to heart | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Result | | 3 | **give** | to-infinitive | ye *not said here* | glory | | | | unto My name | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glory=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD of hosts | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **send** | future | I | the curse | | | then | upon you | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent curse=Theme | | 6 | **curse** | future | I | your blessings | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blessing=Theme | | 7 | **curse** | present | I | blessings *= blessing* | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 8 | **not** **lay** | present · do-support | ye | commandment | | | | to heart | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Result | | 9 | **name** | | My | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **bless** | | your | | | | | | nom blessing «act transitive»: poss=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} אִם־לֹ֣א תִשְׁמְע֡וּ וְאִם־לֹא֩ תָשִׂ֨ימוּ עַל־לֵ֜ב לָתֵ֧ת כָּב֣וֹד לִשְׁמִ֗י אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת וְשִׁלַּחְתִּ֤י בָכֶם֙ אֶת־הַמְּאֵרָ֔ה וְאָרוֹתִ֖י אֶת־בִּרְכֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם וְגַם֙ אָרוֹתִ֔יהָ כִּ֥י אֵינְכֶ֖ם שָׂמִ֥ים עַל־לֵֽב׃ [Malachi 2:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MAL.2.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:MAL:21` 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 2:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/MAL.20/) - next →: [Malachi 2:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/MAL.22/) - ↑ back to [Malachi 2:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MAL.2.2/)