Add Parsing Explanations Feature
Josiah Young
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When looking at an original language resource, Logos provides helpful parsing on hover. I would love to have a quick access feature that also shows the evolution of that particular form. Think of it like showing your work in algebra. I would love to see the root form and then steps showing the changes and rules involved in each modification (suffixes, prefixes, etc.) to arrive at the final form.
I know a lot of people wrestle with the tension between Logos' convenient parsing and the work needed to internalize the grammar rules. If Logos could show the parsing and the steps to create that form of the word, then it could become a learning tool. Hopefully viewing the process repeatedly would encourage greater mastery of the original, rather than simply building a dependence on Logos' parsing.
My Greek professor suggested that we should check a first-year grammar whenever we struggle with parsing. He encouraged us to figure out why we could not parse the verb, and then over time absorb more of the rules and nuances that we may have forgotten or not yet learned. I think a feature like the one I am proposing could accomplish a very similar educational purpose.
I would also be very fascinated to learn it for most words. My limitations in the languages are not intentional, but I often simply do not have the time to explore grammars looking for the relevant parsing rules. I think a feature in Logos that describes translation philosophy at the phrase or clause level might be a little too advanced / complicated, but something that explains word-level parsing should not be too difficult since Logos has already had to make decisions about how every word is parsed. If they could just create this feature to walk us through those parsing decisions in a step-by-step format, it would be enlightening!
I know a lot of people wrestle with the tension between Logos' convenient parsing and the work needed to internalize the grammar rules. If Logos could show the parsing and the steps to create that form of the word, then it could become a learning tool. Hopefully viewing the process repeatedly would encourage greater mastery of the original, rather than simply building a dependence on Logos' parsing.
My Greek professor suggested that we should check a first-year grammar whenever we struggle with parsing. He encouraged us to figure out why we could not parse the verb, and then over time absorb more of the rules and nuances that we may have forgotten or not yet learned. I think a feature like the one I am proposing could accomplish a very similar educational purpose.
I would also be very fascinated to learn it for most words. My limitations in the languages are not intentional, but I often simply do not have the time to explore grammars looking for the relevant parsing rules. I think a feature in Logos that describes translation philosophy at the phrase or clause level might be a little too advanced / complicated, but something that explains word-level parsing should not be too difficult since Logos has already had to make decisions about how every word is parsed. If they could just create this feature to walk us through those parsing decisions in a step-by-step format, it would be enlightening!
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