65 Distinguishing Goal and Locative Complements of New Testament... The required εἰς complement functions as a Goal when it is –animate and as a Locative when it is +animate; and the +animate εἰς Locative complement appears only with a +animate Theme complement. The εἰς complement occurs with an indefinite null Theme complement on seven occasions with three verbs25. These εἰς complements are –animate and consistently function as a Goal. This coheres with the descriptive rule governing –animate εἰς complements. 6. The Implications of Animacy for Interpretation This study developed descriptive rules for distinguishing the function of πρός, dative, and εἰς required complements of verbs of transference as either Goal or Locative according to the animacy of these comple- ments. In the process, the study uncovered difficulties for translating Locative complements with most English verbs and proposed means for accommodating the Locative function of complements in translation. The distinction of the animacy of the Theme permits three further clarifica- tions concerning the distribution of Goal and Locative complements and the constraints that verbs of transference impose on the interpretation of semantic entities. First, πρός and εἰς complements of verbs of transference appear in complementary distribution. The following table contrasts the lexical realizations of these complements as Goal or Locative with the animacy of the second (Theme) / third (Goal or Locative) complement: +an / +an –an / +an +an / –an –an / –an Goal πρός --- εἰς εἰς Locative εἰς --- πρός πρός Second, the distinctive conceptualization of the Locative with +ani- mate εἰς complements precludes the Theme’s actual penetration of the +animate entities themselves. This would indicate that verbs that designate transference conceptualize +animate entities as impenetrable or solid26. The –animate εἰς complement with an indefinite null Theme (7 occurrences) : 25 ἀποστέλλω (3), Matt 14,35; Acts 5,21; 11,13; πέμπω (2), Acts 10,32; 20,17; σπείρω (2), Gal 6,8a.8b. Impenetrability or solidity applies only when the +animate entity as a whole is 26 conceptualized. In contrast, the body parts of a +animate entity are conceptualized as –animate and so penetrable. Thus, one cannot sow (σπείρω) or place (τίθημι) something directly into a living being but can sow something into the heart of a human being (Matt 13,19) and place something into the ears of a human being (Luke 9,44).