CAN I SEARCH for a specified lemma, morphology=nominative AND grammatical role=subject?

MJ. Smith
MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 53,405
edited November 21 in English Forum

I thought this could be done with a clause search but I appear to have been overly optimistic.

Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."

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  • Lew Worthington
    Lew Worthington Member Posts: 1,538 ✭✭✭

    I don't know. I never use this kind of thing, but I always regarded verse lists potentially as inner sections of a SQL statement. But once you get the individual verse lists, isn't there a way to "join" the separate results? I think you might know what I'm talking about here. But again, I may just displaying wishful thinking. For that matter, you could always take the results outside of Logos to find their intersection.

  • Rick Brannan
    Rick Brannan MVP Posts: 232

    Not with a clause search, but with a syntax search. Open a new Syntax Search document, use the "Subject" template so you don't have to worry about the particulars, then fill in the lemma and morph on the word object.

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  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 53,405

    Thank you both. That will get me started but it also confirms how difficult Logos makes it to utilize semantic roles. But I am off in a productive direction.

    Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."