Syntax Query

Orpheus Heyward

I am trying to build a search query that will mimic the structure of Ephesians 5:18-19 relative to picking up the main verb and participles. However, i keep missing. Can anyone detect what i am doing wrong?

Martin Wetzel

I used this rather simple search query (cascadia) for the structure: main verb (imperative); followed by 5 participles

Results:

Matthew 7:13–14
Luke 12:35–36
Ephesians 5:18–21
Ephesians 6:14–16
Philippians 1:27–30
Philippians 1:27–28
Philippians 2:1–4
Philippians 2:2–4
Colossians 2:18–19
2 Timothy 1:8–11
1 Peter 1:17–21

Dave Hooton

Orpheus Heyward said:

I am trying to build a search query that will mimic the structure of Ephesians 5:18-19 relative to picking up the main verb and participles. However, i keep missing

You need anything between the top level Predicator and Adjunct.

Orpheus Heyward

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1286989#Comment_1286989

Thank you, That worked! Now can you tell me what does the operator "anything" accomplish? Why did that work?

Dave Hooton

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1287025#Comment_1287025

The Search engine will look for a Predicator followed by Adjunct exactly as per your diagram. But there is an intervening Adjunct in the Clause diagram which you have to indicate in some way  - hence the need for Anything. And it will cover multiple intervening items.

You could avoid that by placing an Unordered Group after the main Clause and hanging your two Clause Components off that, which would allow matching of items to be unordered.