--- title: Genesis 32:26 (JPS 1917) — (32-26) And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touche… · tree and pragmatics description: (32-26) And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained, as he wrestled with him. Who acts: Esau. 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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 (Esau), 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:1025 # text = (32-26) And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained, as he wrestled with him. 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 2 32-26 32-26 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 16 parataxis _ _ 3 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 And and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 5 when when SCONJ WRB _ 7 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 prevailed prevail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 12 against against ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 touched touch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 hollow hollow NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 thigh thigh NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 hollow hollow NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 Jacob Jacob PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 's 's PART POS _ 27 case _ _ 29 thigh thigh NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 strained strain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 as as SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 wrestled wrestle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | Esau | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **not** **prevail** | past | Esau | | | | | against Jacob | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against he=Location | | 3 | **touch** | past | Esau | the hollow of Esau's thigh | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hollow=Co-Theme | | 4 | **strain** | past · passive | | the hollow of Jacob's thigh | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source | | 5 | **wrestle** | past | Esau | | | | | with Jacob | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with he=Co-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} וַיַּ֗רְא כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יָכֹל֙ ל֔וֹ וַיִּגַּ֖ע בְּכַף־יְרֵכ֑וֹ וַתֵּ֙קַע֙ כַּף־יֶ֣רֶךְ יַעֲקֹ֔ב בְּהֵֽאָבְק֖וֹ עִמּֽוֹ׃ [Genesis 32:26: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.32.26/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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