I need some help with a Greek (Cascadia) Syntax Search

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David Fish | Forum Activity | Posted: Fri, Oct 7 2011 10:39 AM

I'm attempting to create a search, based on the Greek construction in Matthew 28:19, to find what  he calls attendant circumstance:

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I had a prof back in the 1970s that preferred the term coordinate circumstance.

At any rate, I started with the Cascadia graphs of Matthew 28:19, and tried to pattern my search accordingly. I must have made some mistake that I don't understand. I'm attaching an image with my search. If some user more skilled than I could take a look at it and help me out, I would appreciate it very much.

After I created the search, I tested it on Matthew's gospel only, thinking that if I caught Matthew 28:19, I must have constructed the search correctly. Alas, I got zero matches.

Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.

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David Fish | Forum Activity | Replied: Fri, Oct 7 2011 12:32 PM

Sorry, I DID attempt to attach an image, by clicking on the OPTIONS button, but it didn't take the attachment. Now I'll use the PAPERCLIP method. I'm attaching images of both my Syntax Search and the Cascadia graphs

Thanks again for your help.

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Dave Hooton | Forum Activity | Replied: Fri, Oct 7 2011 3:06 PM

David Fish:

Thanks again for your help.

Unfortunately structure doesn't always help  eg.

CL  --->  CL ---> Participle

  |---->  CL  --->  Verb

OR

CL  --->  Participle

  |---> Verb

The analysis of examples in Matt:2:13-14 + Matt 28:19 varies because this principle is not being considered.

The simplest solution, but one that may have many false positives is

Anything is set to Repeat 0 to 1 time.  Unfortunately a Morph Search in a Greek bible will present the results more succinctly:-

@VA?P BEFORE 2 words @VA?[IM]