--- title: Genesis 32:21 (JPS 1917) — (32-21) and ye shall say: Moreover, behold, thy servant Jacob is beh… · tree and pragmatics description: (32-21) and ye shall say: Moreover, behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us.' For he said: 'I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept me.' Who acts: ye, servant, Esau, I. 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For he said: 'I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept me.' **Who acts:** ye, servant, Esau, I, present · **What happens:** say, be, appease, go, see, accept · **To what, where:** Esau, face, me · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Genesis 32:21 · 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 (ye, servant, Esau, I), 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:GEN:1020 # text = (32-21) and ye shall say: Moreover, behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us.' For he said: 'I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept me.' 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 2 32-21 32-21 NUM LS NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 dep _ _ 3 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 nsubj _ _ 6 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 9 Moreover moreover ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 behold behold INTJ UH _ 18 discourse _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 13 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 15 Jacob Jacob PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 appos _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 behind behind ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 ccomp _ _ 19 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ 20 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 21 For for SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 24 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 25 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 appease appease VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 goeth go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 35 before before ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 39 afterward afterward ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 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 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 46 peradventure peradventure ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 accept accept VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 50 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ 52 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | shall | ye | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | thy servant | | | | | behind us; moreover *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Esau | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **appease** | future | I | Esau | | | | with the present | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 5 | **go** | present | the present | | | | before me | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before i=Location | | 6 | **see** | future | I | Esau's face | | | | afterward *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus | | 7 | **accept** | future | Esau | me | | | | peradventure *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | 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} וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם גַּ֗ם הִנֵּ֛ה עַבְדְּךָ֥ יַעֲקֹ֖ב אַחֲרֵ֑ינוּ כִּֽי־אָמַ֞ר אֲכַפְּרָ֣ה פָנָ֗יו בַּמִּנְחָה֙ הַהֹלֶ֣כֶת לְפָנָ֔י וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵן֙ אֶרְאֶ֣ה פָנָ֔יו אוּלַ֖י יִשָּׂ֥א פָנָֽי׃ [Genesis 32:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.32.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:1020` 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: [Genesis 32:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1019/) - next →: [Genesis 32:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1021/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 32:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.32.21/)