There are different syntax arguments that can be used when searching.
>>-+----------------------+--+-------------------------+--------> '-RESULT LIMIT--number-' '-EXPANSION LIMIT--number-' >--+------------------------------------------+-----------------> '-STOP SEARCH AFTER--number--+-DOCUMENT--+-' '-DOCUMENTS-' >--+-| boolean-search-expression |-+--------------------------->< '-| freetext-argument |---------' Boolean-search-expression |--+-| search-term |-------------------------------------------------+--| '-| boolean-search-expression |--| operator-or |--| search-term |-' search-term |--+-| search-factor |-----------------------------------------------+--| +-| search-term |--| operator-and |--| search-factor |------------+ +-| search-term |--| operator-accum |--| search-factor |----------+ '-| search-term |--| operator-minus |--| positive-search-factor |-' Search-factor |--+-----+--| positive-search-factor |--------------------------| '-NOT-' Positive-search-factor |--+-+------------------------------------------------------------+--| search-primary |-+--| | | .-,----------------------------------. | | | | V | | | | '-+-SECTION--+--(----"section-name"--+----------------+-+--)-' | | '-SECTIONS-' '-WEIGHT--number-' | '-attribute-factor-------------------------------------------------------------------' Search-primary |--+-| text-literal |--------------------+----------------------| +-| context-condition |---------------+ +-| thesaurus-invocation |------------+ +-(--| boolean-search-expression |--)-+ '-(--| text-literal-list |--)---------' Operator-and |--&------------------------------------------------------------| Operator-or |--|------------------------------------------------------------| Operator-accum |--ACCUM--------------------------------------------------------| Operator-minus |--MINUS--------------------------------------------------------| Context-condition |----| context-argument |--| IN SAME |--| context-unit |--| AS |--| context-argument |----> >--+-------------------------------+----------------------------| | .---------------------------. | | V | | '---AND--| Context-argument |-+-' Context-argument |--+-| text-literal |------------+------------------------------| +-(--| text-literal-list |--)-+ '-| thesaurus-invocation |----' Text-literal-list .-,------------. V | |----text-literal-+---------------------------------------------| Context-unit |--+-PARAGRAPH-+------------------------------------------------| '-SENTENCE--' Text-literal |--+--------------------------------+--+----------------+-------> +-PRECISE FORM OF----------------+ '-WEIGHT--number-' +-STEMMED FORM OF----------------+ '-FUZZY FORM OF--+-------------+-' '-match-level-' >--"word-or-phrase"--+----------------------------+-------------| '-ESCAPE--"escape-character"-' thesaurus-invocation |--THESAURUS--"thesaurus-name"--EXPAND--------------------------> >--+-+-SYNONYM------------+--TERM OF--| text-literal |-------------------+--| | +-RELATED------------+ | | '-RELATION--(number)-' | '-+-BROADER--+--TERM OF--| text-literal |--+------------------------+-' '-NARROWER-' '-FOR--count--+-LEVEL--+-' '-LEVELS-' Attribute-factor |--ATTRIBUTE--"attribute-name"----------------------------------> >--+-BETWEEN--valueFrom AND valueTo-+---------------------------| +->--valueFROM-------------------+ '-<--valueTO---------------------' freetext-argument |--IS ABOUT--+----------+--"word-or-phrase"---------------------> '-language-' >--+----------------------------+-------------------------------| '-ESCAPE--"escape-character"-'
Examples are given in Specifying SQL search arguments.