--- title: Genesis 28:20 (JPS 1917) — And Jacob vowed a vow, saying: 'If God will be with me, and will kee… · tree and pragmatics description: And Jacob vowed a vow, saying: 'If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, Who acts: Jacob, God, 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, God, 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:847 # text = And Jacob vowed a vow, saying: 'If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Jacob Jacob PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 vowed vow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 vow vow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 8 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 9 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ _ 10 If if SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 11 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 12 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 cop _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 advcl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 20 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 23 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 obj _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 acl _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 raiment raiment NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 acl _ _ 40 on on ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **vow** | past | Jacob | a vow | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Jacob *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | God | | | | | with me | tree rules | | 4 | **keep** | future | | me | | this way | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent i=Theme in way=Location | | 5 | **go** | present | I | this way | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location that=Theme | | 6 | **give** | future | | bread and raiment | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient bread=Theme | | 7 | **eat** | to-infinitive | | bread and raiment *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **put on** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=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} וַיִּדַּ֥ר יַעֲקֹ֖ב נֶ֣דֶר לֵאמֹ֑ר אִם־יִהְיֶ֨ה אֱלֹהִ֜ים עִמָּדִ֗י וּשְׁמָרַ֙נִי֙ בַּדֶּ֤רֶךְ הַזֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָנֹכִ֣י הוֹלֵ֔ךְ וְנָֽתַן־לִ֥י לֶ֛חֶם לֶאֱכֹ֖ל וּבֶ֥גֶד לִלְבֹּֽשׁ׃ [Genesis 28:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.28.20/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:847` 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 28:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.846/) - next →: [Genesis 28:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.848/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 28:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.28.20/)