--- title: Genesis 35:7 (JPS 1917) — And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el, becaus… · tree and pragmatics description: And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el, because there God was revealed unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. Who acts: Jacob. 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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), 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:1094 # text = And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el, because there God was revealed unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 built build VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 El El PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ _ 14 beth beth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 flat _ _ 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ _ 16 el El PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 flat _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 because because SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ _ 20 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 revealed reveal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 advcl _ _ 23 unto unto ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 when when SCONJ WRB _ 28 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 29 from from ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | **build** | past | Jacob | a altar | | there | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent altar=Product | | 2 | **call** | past | Jacob *not said here* | the place | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent place=Recipient | | 3 | **reveal** | past · passive | | God | | there | | unto Jacob | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 4 | **flee** | past | Jacob | | | the face of Jacob's brother | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from face=Initial\_Location | 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} וַיִּ֤בֶן שָׁם֙ מִזְבֵּ֔חַ וַיִּקְרָא֙ לַמָּק֔וֹם אֵ֖ל בֵּֽית־אֵ֑לבֵּֽית־אֵ֑ל כִּ֣י שָׁ֗ם נִגְל֤וּ אֵלָיו֙ הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים בְּבָרְח֖וֹ מִפְּנֵ֥י אָחִֽיו׃ [Genesis 35:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.35.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:1094` 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 35:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1093/) - next →: [Genesis 35:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1095/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 35:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.35.7/)