--- title: Malachi 2:6 (JPS 1917) — The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found… · tree and pragmatics description: The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips; he walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and did turn many away from iniquity. Who acts: law, 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 (law, 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:25 # text = The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips; he walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and did turn many away from iniquity. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 unrighteousness unrighteousness NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 uprightness uprightness NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 31 many many PRON NNS Number=Plur|PronType=Ind 30 obj _ _ 32 away away ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 iniquity iniquity NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 8 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** | past | the law of truth | | | LORD's mouth | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **find** | past · passive | | unrighteousness | | LORD's lips | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 3 | **walk** | past | LORD | | | peace and uprightness | | with Me | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in peace=Trajectory | | 4 | **turn away** | past · do-support | LORD *not said here* | many | | iniquity | | away *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent many=Theme from iniquity=Source | 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} תּוֹרַ֤ת אֱמֶת֙ הָיְתָ֣ה בְּפִ֔יהוּ וְעַוְלָ֖ה לֹא־נִמְצָ֣א בִשְׂפָתָ֑יו בְּשָׁל֤וֹם וּבְמִישׁוֹר֙ הָלַ֣ךְ אִתִּ֔י וְרַבִּ֖ים הֵשִׁ֥יב מֵעָוֺֽן׃ [Malachi 2:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MAL.2.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:MAL:25` 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 2:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/MAL.24/) - next →: [Malachi 2:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/MAL.26/) - ↑ back to [Malachi 2:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MAL.2.6/)