--- title: Malachi 2:17 (JPS 1917) — Yet ye say: 'Wherein have we wearied Him?' In that ye say: 'Every on… · tree and pragmatics description: Yet ye say: 'Wherein have we wearied Him?' In that ye say: 'Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and He delighteth in them; or where is the God of justice?' Who acts: ye, we, one, LORD. 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In that ye say: 'Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and He delighteth in them; or where is the God of justice?' **Who acts:** ye, we, one, LORD · **What happens:** say, weary, do, be, delight, sight · **To what, where:** LORD, that, evil, sight, God · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Malachi 2:17 · JPS 1917, sentence 2 of 2 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 (ye, we, one, 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:41 # text = Yet ye say: 'Wherein have we wearied Him?' In that ye say: 'Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and He delighteth in them; or where is the God of justice?' 1 Yet yet CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 nsubj _ _ 3 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 6 Wherein wherein ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 7 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 wearied weary VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 10 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ 12 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 13 In in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 obl _ _ 15 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 nsubj _ _ 16 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 17 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 18 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ _ 19 Every every DET DT PronType=Tot 20 det _ _ 20 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 21 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 doeth do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 23 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 25 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 ccomp _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 delighteth delight VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ _ 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 39 or or CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 43 advmod _ _ 41 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 justice justice NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 46 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 47 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | ye | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **weary** | present · perfect | we | LORD | | | | wherein *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | ye | | | that | | | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in that=Manner | | 4 | **do** | present | every one | evil | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evil=Eventuality | | 5 | **is** | present | every one | | | the sight of the LORD | | good *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **delight** | present | LORD | | | | | in words *= word* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is a** | present | every one *not said here* | the God | | | | of justice | tree rules | | 8 | **sight** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=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} הוֹגַעְתֶּ֤ם יְהוָה֙ בְּדִבְרֵיכֶ֔ם וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם בַּמָּ֣ה הוֹגָ֑עְנוּ בֶּאֱמָרְכֶ֗ם כָּל־עֹ֨שֵׂה רָ֜ע ט֣וֹב ׀ בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֗ה וּבָהֶם֙ ה֣וּא חָפֵ֔ץ א֥וֹ אַיֵּ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י הַמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ [Malachi 2:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MAL.2.17/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. [Ye have wearied the LORD with your words.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/MAL.40/) 2. **Yet ye say: 'Wherein have we wearied Him?' In that ye say: 'Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and He delighteth in them; or where is the God of justice?'** **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:MAL:41` 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 2:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/MAL.40/) - next →: [Malachi 3:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/MAL.42/) - ↑ back to [Malachi 2:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MAL.2.17/)