Using a text processor or some graphical layout program for constructing semantic structural analyses is a messy and frustrating way of doing things. That's the reason why SmART has been developed. With SmART you can easily assign semantic relations to propositions without the awkward work of drawing lines or the trouble of being stuck in layout problems. SmART helps you to concentrate fully on the text to be analyzed.

Semantic Structural Analyses (SSAs) have been introduced by the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL). The task is to determine and represent the semantic relations between the individual propositions of a (Bible) text in preparation for exegesis and translation. After combining two (or sometimes more) adjacent propositions by means of a semantic relation into a unit, this new unit can again be connected with other propositions or units. Thus a tree structure evolves.

SmART has been developed by Carsten Ziegert, mathematician and theologian. Please feel free to share your insights and comments via email to carsten_ziegertsil.org.