[B-Greek] Parsing information

Alan Bunning bunning at myrealbox.com
Fri Mar 12 09:46:29 EST 2004


I have been looking at various parsing schemes and included below is a
simplified form I was thinking of using. I compared this to M.A. Robinson's
parsing scheme and noted that I would be neglecting the following
information he includes:

More specific designation of types of pronouns (reflexive, recprical, etc.)
Designating why a word is indeclinable (ARAM, HEB, Proper noun, etc.)
Type of Aorist or Pluperfect (1st or 2nd)
Middle and Passive deponents
Impersonal active
Imperative-sense participle

In the first 3 cases, I think the extra information is unnecessarily
redundant because that information is already known once you look up the
word. In other words, it doesn't help you translate anything beyond knowing
what the word is in the first place. In the second 3 cases, I either don't
know what these are or am unenlightened about their significance beyond what
the simplified form already would supply.

I was hoping that someone could enlighten me and make a case why this very
simplified form would be inadequate. I am afraid that if I get too
simplistic, I will be throwing away information I wish I had later when I
become more familiar with the various nuances of words. But on the other
hand, I don't want to add anymore complexity than I have too. Opinions
anyone?

noun: N-Case{/Gender/Number}
pronoun: P-Case/Gender/Number
article: R-Case/Gender/Number
adjective: A-Case/Gender/Number{/Degree}
verb: V-Tense/Voice/Mood{/Person or /Case/Gender}/Number

Case	Nominative, Genitive, Dative, Accusative, Vocative, Indeclinable
Gender: Masculine, Feminine, Neuter
Number: Singular, Plural, Dual
Degree: Superlative, Comparative
Tense: Present, Imperfect, Future, Aorist, peRfect, pLuperfect
Voice: Active, Middle, Passive
Mood: Indicative, iMperative, Subjunctive, Optative, iNfinitive, Participle
Person: 1, 2, 3

Non-Declinable
adverb: ADV
particle: PAR
preposition: PRE
conjunction: CNJ
interjection: INT

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Alan Bunning




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