Why doesn't a clause search for "place:Nazareth" find Matt 21:11 where Nazareth is tagged as that place?
One might ask why <Place Nazareth> has 40 results vs. 19 for place:Nazareth?
Thats probably a better statement of the issue!
Thanks, Dave
This is an issue with the way Clause Search works. The clause search feature will only return results for entities that are tagged as arguments of the verb and the verbs themselves. So, the entity needs to fit into a grammatical category (Subject, Object, etc.) or a functional role category (Agent, Patient, etc.) In the Mt 21:11 instance Nazareth modifies Jesus, and doesn't fit one of these roles.
Sorry Jimmy, but what?
What part of the response to Graham's question is giving you problems?
Thanks Jimmy
Very helpful, Graham
Jimmy,
The clause search feature will only return results for entities that are tagged as arguments of the verb and the verbs themselves.
Can you break that down a little more for me?
Thanks
Take the example of the entity Nazareth. Nazareth is a place, that Logos has tagged in Bible texts, so it is searchable. If you run a bible search for the place 'Nazareth' the results will return every instance (even pronominal references).
However, clause search doesn't return every instance of a tagged entity. In Matt 21:11 the noun Nazareth is part of a larger noun phrase (ὁ ἀπὸ Ναζαρὲθ τῆς Γαλιλαίας - 'the one from Nazareth of Galilee') which modifies the noun Jesus. Adjectives are not required arguments, but supply extra information about a particular entity.
If you use clause search to search for the person Jesus Matt 21:11 is in the results.
This is because Jesus is the object of the verb ἐστιν 'is.'
You can get an introduction to the linguistic framework used to determine argument roles and how they are used as a dataset within Logos in the documentation for this dataset https://www.logos.com/product/45458/semantic-roles-and-case-frames-dataset-sblgnt-edition and this one https://www.logos.com/product/46352/lexham-glossary-of-semantic-roles
Hope that helps.
Excellent. I understand better now.
Thank you
Lane
