Exercise-ch5: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 154: | Line 154: | ||
<quiz display="simple"> | <quiz display="simple"> | ||
{Sentence: '' | {Sentence: ''Pat did not call.''<br />Logical form: ¬ (('''call''' • e) • '''pat'''<br /> | ||
Which parts of the logical form are contributed by which word? | Which parts of the logical form are contributed by which word? | ||
|type="[]"} | |type="[]"} | ||
|''e'' ¦ | '''pat''' ¦ | '''call''' ¦ | '''call''' • ''e'' ¦ | ('''call''' • ''e'') • '''pat''' ¦ | & | |''e'' ¦ | '''pat''' ¦ | '''call''' ¦ | '''call''' • ''e'' ¦ | ('''call''' • ''e'') • '''pat''' ¦ | ¬ (('''call''' • ''e'') • '''pat''') | ||
-+---- ''Pat'' | -+---- ''Pat'' | ||
+-+--- ''did'' | +-+--- ''did'' | ||
-----+ ''not'' | -----+ ''not'' | ||
+-+++- ''call'' | +-+++- ''call'' | ||
|| The auxiliary ''did'' is a CONTENT raiser. | || The auxiliary ''did'' is a CONTENT raiser, i.e. its contributes the DR and the MAIN value, which are identical with those of the complement, ''call''. | ||
{Sentence: | {Sentence: Alex gave up on Pat.<br />Logical form: (('''give-up''' • ''e'') • '''pat''') • '''alex'''<br /> | ||
Which parts of the logical form are contributed by which word? | Which parts of the logical form are contributed by which word? | ||
|type="[]"} | |type="[]"} | ||
|'' | |''e'' ¦ | '''alex''' ¦ | '''pat''' ¦ | '''give-up''' ¦ | '''give-up''' • ''e'' ¦ | ('''give-up''' • ''e'') • '''pat''' ¦ | (('''give-up''' • ''e'') • '''pat''') • '''alex''' | ||
+-- '' | -+----- ''Alex'' | ||
++- '' | +--++++ ''gave'' | ||
++ | +------ ''up'' | ||
--+---- ''on'' | |||
--+---- ''Pat'' | |||
|| The copula ''was'' is a CONTENT raiser, i.e., its DR and MAIN values are identical with those of its complement, ''snowing''. | || The copula ''was'' is a CONTENT raiser, i.e., its DR and MAIN values are identical with those of its complement, ''snowing''. | ||
|| The copula also syntactically raises the subject requirement of the verb ''snow''. Therefore, an expletive ''it'' must occur as the subject. | || The copula also syntactically raises the subject requirement of the verb ''snow''. Therefore, an expletive ''it'' must occur as the subject. |
Revision as of 23:38, 12 November 2013
Exercises for chapter 5: Simple LRS
Functional notation
Semantic types
Basic combinatorics
Basic mechanism with canonical examples
Basic mechanism with copula and argument-marking preposition
Nominal expletives
Other constructions
Back to
- the material for chapter 5
- the overview over all chapters.