述語主格 (Predicate Nominative)
Pecking Order
Τοῦ δὲ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἡ γένεσις οὕτως ἦν.
按照 Wallace 的原則,代名詞 (即便內含在動詞裡面) 有優先權,所以應該圖析成:
S(X)--P(ἦν)--C(Τοῦ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἡ γένεσις )--A(οὕτως)
要翻譯成:
Thus is the birth of Jesus Christ.
Οὐκ ἔστιν δοῦλος μείζων τοῦ κυρίου αὐτοῦ.
要翻譯成:
There is not a "greater-than-his-lord" servant.