Appendix Grammar

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Head Feature Principle

Head Feature Principle:
In each headed-phrase, the SYNSEM|LOC|HEAD value and the H-DTR|SYNSEM|LOC|HEAD value are identical.

Immediate Dominance Schemata (also called: Grammar Rules)

Head-Subject Schema

Head-Subject Schema:
In each head-subject-phrase,

  1. the SYNSEM value of the nonhead is identical with the element on the head daughter's SYNSEM|LOC|CAT|VAL|SUBJ list, and the mother's SYNSEM|LOC|CAT|VAL|SUBJ list is empty.
  2. the SYNSEM|LOC|CAT|VAL|SPR values of head daughter and mother are empty.
  3. the SYNSEM|LOC|CAT|VAL|COMPS values of head daughter and mother are empty.
  4. the H-DTR of the mother is identical with the last element on its DTRS list.

Head-Specifier Schema

Head-Specifier Schema:
In each head-specifier-phrase,

  1. the SYNSEM|LOC|CAT|VAL|SUBJ values of head daughter and mother are identical.
  2. the SYNSEM value of the nonhead is identical with the element on the head daughter's SYNSEM|LOC|CAT|VAL|SPR list, and the mother's SYNSEM|LOC|CAT|VAL|SPR list is empty.
  3. the SYNSEM|LOC|CAT|VAL|COMPS values of head daughter and mother are empty.
  4. the H-DTR of the mother is identical with the last element on its DTRS list.

Head-Complement Schema

Head-Complement Schema:
In each head-complement-phrase,

  1. the SYNSEM|LOC|CAT|VAL|SUBJ values of head daughter and mother are identical.
  2. the SYNSEM|LOC|CAT|VAL|SPR values of head daughter and mother are identical.
  3. the SYNSEM|LOC|CAT|VAL|COMPS list of the head daughter is the concatenation of the SYNSEM values of the nonhead daughters, and the SYNSEM|LOC|CAT|VAL|COMPS list of the mother is empty.
  4. the H-DTR of the mother is identical with the first element on its DTRS list.

Head-Modifier Schema

(not discussed in the textbook)

PHON Principle

PHON Principle:
For each phrase: the PHON value of the phrase is the concatenation of the PHON values of the elements on the DTRS list in the order in which they appear there.

DTRS Principle

DTRS Principle:
For each headed-phrase: the H-DTR is an element of the DTRS list.



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