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	9. Now assign thematic roles to all the other governed grammatical functions in your lexicon and make sure you get the expected Argument Structure output.		9. Now assign thematic roles to all the other governed grammatical functions in your lexicon and make sure you get the expected Argument Structure output.
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	~~<span style="color: blue>Homework</span>~~


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	* [PRED 'pred<SUBJ.THEME>']		* [PRED 'pred<SUBJ.THEME>']

	<span style="color: blue>Exercise 7.1</span>		<span style="color: blue>Exercise 5.2</span>

	1. Go to <span class="newwin">[https://147.210.117.56 https://147.210.117.56]</span> and log in.<br>		1. Go to <span class="newwin">[https://147.210.117.56 https://147.210.117.56]</span> and log in.<br>

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	1. Go to <span class="newwin">[https://147.210.117.56 https://147.210.117.56]</span> and log in.<br>		1. Go to <span class="newwin">[https://147.210.117.56 https://147.210.117.56]</span> and log in.<br>
	2. Open your latest version of Grammar 6 - 2025-07-16<br>		2. Open your latest version of Grammar 4 - 2025-07-16<br>
	3. Click on "Output Parameters"<br>		3. Click on "Output Parameters"<br>
	4. Under "Output for Argument-Structure:" select "Draw the Argument-Structure as an acyclic graph"<br>		4. Under "Output for Argument-Structure:" select "Draw the Argument-Structure as an acyclic graph"<br>

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	== Thematic Roles ==		== Thematic Roles ==

	So far, we have completely ignored semantics. But xlfg is capable of representing the assignment of thematic roles to the arguments of predicates. The textbook contains a list of thematic roles on ~~page 13~~. Using these roles, the next exercise asks you to assign an argument structure to each predicate that governs grammatical functions. The notation is extremely simple: just put a period and a role name after each GF name, as follows:		So far, we have completely ignored semantics. But xlfg is capable of representing the assignment of thematic roles to the arguments of predicates. The textbook contains a list of thematic roles (see the file ''Lexical-Functional Grammar - Thematic Roles 13'' on Olat!). Using these roles, the next exercise asks you to assign an argument structure to each predicate that governs grammatical functions. The notation is extremely simple: just put a period and a role name after each GF name, as follows:

	[PRED 'pred<GF.Role>']		[PRED 'pred<GF.Role>']

Gert at 10:56, 14 January 2026

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	9. Go back to the Lexicon editor and add an appropriate PRED feature and value to the entry for your name.<br>		9. Go back to the Lexicon editor and add an appropriate PRED feature and value to the entry for your name.<br>
	10. Parse.		10. Parse.


			== Thematic Roles ==

			So far, we have completely ignored semantics. But xlfg is capable of representing the assignment of thematic roles to the arguments of predicates. The textbook contains a list of thematic roles on page 13. Using these roles, the next exercise asks you to assign an argument structure to each predicate that governs grammatical functions. The notation is extremely simple: just put a period and a role name after each GF name, as follows:

			[PRED 'pred<GF.Role>']

			Here are some concrete examples:

			* [PRED 'pred<SUBJ.AGENT>']
			* [PRED 'pred<SUBJ.AGENT, OBJ.PATIENT>']
			* [PRED 'pred<SUBJ.AGENT, OBJ.PATIENT, OBL.LOCATION>']
			* [PRED 'pred<SUBJ.THEME>']

			<span style="color: blue>Exercise 7.1</span>

			1. Go to <span class="newwin">[https://147.210.117.56 https://147.210.117.56]</span> and log in.<br>
			2. Open your latest version of Grammar 6 - 2025-07-16<br>
			3. Click on "Output Parameters"<br>
			4. Under "Output for Argument-Structure:" select "Draw the Argument-Structure as an acyclic graph"<br>
			5. Return to "Input"<br>
			6. Assign the thematic role THEME to the SUBJ of the verb ''disappeared''.<br>
			7. Parse and look at the output for the sentence ''John disappeared''.<br>
			8. Study the relationship between the f-structure and the Argument Structure in the output.<br>
			9. Now assign thematic roles to all the other governed grammatical functions in your lexicon and make sure you get the expected Argument Structure output.
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			<span style="color: blue>Homework</span>

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	10. Parse.		10. Parse.

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Gert at 10:54, 14 January 2026

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Making our grammar more similar to the textbook system

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	9. Go back to the Lexicon editor and add an appropriate PRED feature and value to the entry for your name.<br>		9. Go back to the Lexicon editor and add an appropriate PRED feature and value to the entry for your name.<br>
	10. Parse.		10. Parse.

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	1. Add appropriate PRED values to all nouns and verbs in the Lexicon.<br>		1. Add appropriate PRED values to all nouns and verbs in the Lexicon.<br>
	2. Parse.		2. Parse.

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	* (1) John disappeared<br>		* (1) John disappeared<br>
	* (2) ~~The~~ chair broke<br>		* (2) the chair broke<br>
	* (3) Martha saw Robert<br>		* (3) Martha saw Robert<br>
	* (4) John sent Martha a check<br>		* (4) John sent Martha a check<br>