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title: Malachi 1:6 (JPS 1917) — A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master; if then I be a… · tree and pragmatics
description: A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master; if then I be a father, where is My honour? and if I be a master, where is My fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise My name. Who acts: son, I, LORD, priests. Malachi 1:6 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragma
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# Malachi 1:6 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 of 2

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A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master; if then I be a father, where is My honour? and if I be a master, where is My fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise My name.

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**Who acts:** son, I, LORD, priests, My · **What happens:** honour, be, say, despise, name · **To what, where:** father, honour, master, fear, name · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Malachi 1:6 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 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 (son, I, LORD, priests), 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:6
# text = A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master; if then I be a father, where is My honour? and if I be a master, where is My fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise My name.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	honoureth	honour	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	37	ccomp	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	orphan	_	_
12	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	23	punct	_	_
13	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
14	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	18	advmod	_	_
15	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
16	be	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	advcl	_	_
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
20	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	23	advmod	_	_
21	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
22	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	honour	honour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	23	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
26	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	30	mark	_	_
27	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
28	be	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	cop	_	_
29	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	advcl	_	_
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
32	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	35	advmod	_	_
33	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	35	cop	_	_
34	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	35	nmod:poss	_	_
35	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	conj	_	_
36	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	35	punct	_	_
37	saith	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	nsubj	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	hosts	host	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	nmod	_	_
42	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	37	obl	_	_
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
45	O	o	INTJ	UH	_	46	discourse	_	_
46	priests	priest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	vocative	_	_
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
48	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	49	nsubj	_	_
49	despise	despise	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	46	acl:relcl	_	_
50	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	51	nmod:poss	_	_
51	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obj	_	_
52	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	37	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: evaluate
- voice: character
- polarity: neg
- teacher: changed act=evaluate, polarity=neg

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **honour** | present | a son | son's father |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | I | a father |  |  | then |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | present |  | My honour and My fear |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | I | a master |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **is a** | present |  | My fear |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD of hosts |  |  |  |  | unto you; priests *vocative* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 7 | **despise** | present | priests | My name |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus |
| 8 | **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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בֵּ֛ן יְכַבֵּ֥ד אָ֖ב וְעֶ֣בֶד אֲדֹנָ֑יו וְאִם־אָ֣ב אָ֣נִי אַיֵּ֣ה כְבוֹדִ֡י וְאִם־אֲדוֹנִ֣ים אָנִי֩ אַיֵּ֨ה מוֹרָאִ֜י אָמַ֣ר ׀ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֗וֹת לָכֶם֙ הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ בּוֹזֵ֣י שְׁמִ֔י וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם בַּמֶּ֥ה בָזִ֖ינוּ אֶת־שְׁמֶֽךָ׃

[Malachi 1:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MAL.1.6/)

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This verse in JPS 1917:

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1. **A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master; if then I be a father, where is My honour? and if I be a master, where is My fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise My name.**
2. [And ye say: 'Wherein have we despised Thy name?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/MAL.7/)

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