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[Marco V. Fabbri]

This post applies to Greek.

Some searches in the GNT-T.Syntax require the use of the Greek Construct Window.

A good examples is a search for participles that are subject complement, that is for participles that are nominative, and are Complement to the verb εἰμί or other verbs that allow for a nominative complement.

The search can be set up in this way:

• Open a new Search Text Window and set it to GNT-T
• Set the search to Words (not Verses)
• Set it to search in every Book (as opposed to Verse, Clause or Sentence)
• Open a new Greek Construct Window
• In the Greek Construct Window, drag the Clause element and drop it into the first column
• When prompted, choose "Dependent clause only", and choose "complement" as the type of the dependent Clause, then click OK
• Drag the Verb element and drop it into the first column
• When prompted, choose Mood: Participle; and Case: Nominative, then click OK
• Hit Return, or click the blue Search button.

The Search Text window with its Greek Construct will look like this image:

 without eimi.PNG   244.38K   53 downloads

However, this search will find all Nominative participles that are part of a Complement Clause. It will find Participles that are Subject Complements in periphrastic conjugations, but also any supplementary Participle that is Nominative.

If I want to restrict the search to anything that falls outside of the Complement Clause that has a Participle Verb, I will need to make my Complement Clause part of a Predicate Phrase.
Suppose that I want to find periphrastic conjugations that include εἰμί as finite Verb.

I will need to set up the search as follows:

• Open a new Search Text Window and set it to GNT-T
• Set the search to Words (not Verses)
• Set it to search in every Book (as opposed to Verse, Clause or Sentence)
• Open a new Greek Construct Window
• In the Greek Construct Window, drag the Phrase element and drop it into the first column
• When prompted, choose Predicate, then click OK
• Drag the Lex element and drop it into the first column of the Predicate Phrase
• When prompted, type eimi, then click OK
• Drag the Clause element and drop it into the second column of the Predicate Phrase
• When prompted, choose "Dependent clause only", and choose "complement" as the type of the dependent Clause, then click OK
• Drag the Verb element and drop it into the first column
• When prompted, choose Mood: Participle; and Case: Nominative, then click OK
• Just below the blue title that says "Greek Construct", click "Search both directions"
• Hit Return, or click the blue Search button.

The Search Text window with its Greek Construct will look as below:

 with eimi.PNG   250.05K   39 downloads

Edited by Marco Fabbri, 30 October 2011 - 01:11 PM.