--- title: Genesis 32:31 (JPS 1917) — (32-31) And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: 'for I have s… · tree and pragmatics description: (32-31) And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: 'for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.' Who acts: Jacob, I. 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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 (Jacob, 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:1030 # text = (32-31) And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: 'for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.' 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 2 32-31 32-31 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 dep _ _ 3 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 Jacob Jacob PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 Peniel Peniel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 13 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 14 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ _ 15 for for SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 19 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 20 face face ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 preserved preserve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ _ 29 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ 30 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed polarity=pos | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | past | Jacob | the name of the place | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient | | 2 | **see** | present · perfect | I | God | | | | face *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer god=Stimulus | | 3 | **preserve** | present · passive | | my life | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary | | 4 | **name** | | | the place | | | | | nom name «communication 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} וַיִּקְרָ֧א יַעֲקֹ֛ב שֵׁ֥ם הַמָּק֖וֹם פְּנִיאֵ֑ל כִּֽי־רָאִ֤יתִי אֱלֹהִים֙ פָּנִ֣ים אֶל־פָּנִ֔ים וַתִּנָּצֵ֖ל נַפְשִֽׁי׃ [Genesis 32:31: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.32.31/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:1030` 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 32:30 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1029/) - next →: [Genesis 32:32 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1031/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 32:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.32.31/)