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Gert: /* Exercise 6.5 Nominative and accusative */

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Exercise 6.5 Nominative and accusative

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Exercise 6.5 Nominative and accusative

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	(20) lilly liked the cat<br>		(20) lilly liked the cat<br>
	(21) the cat liked lilly<br>		(21) the cat liked lilly<br>


	3. Parse!		3. Parse!

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Exercise 6.5 Nominative and accusative

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	(18) lilly liked it<br>		(18) lilly liked it<br>
	(19) lilly liked john<br>		(19) lilly liked john<br>
			(20) lilly liked the cat<br>
			(21) the cat liked lilly<br>


	3. Parse!		3. Parse!

Gert: /* Governable grammatical functions */

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Governable grammatical functions

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	There are other GFs, for instance TOPIC and FOCUS, but heads cannot govern those.		There are other GFs, for instance TOPIC and FOCUS, but heads cannot govern those.

	The Greek letter θ (= theta) in the functions OBJ-θ and OBL-θ is an abbreviation. It stands for the name of a thematic role ~~(the thematic roles are listed on p. 13 in the textbook)~~.		The Greek letter θ (= theta) in the functions OBJ-θ and OBL-θ is an abbreviation. It stands for the name of a thematic role.

	Here are some comments on the functions other than SUBJ and OBJ:		Here are some comments on the functions other than SUBJ and OBJ:

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Governable grammatical functions

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	In linguistics, a head '''governs''' a property of another expression if it requires this expression to have that property. Governable properties include grammatical functions, cases, and particular prepositions.		In linguistics, a head '''governs''' a property of another expression if it requires this expression to have that property. Governable properties include grammatical functions, cases, and particular prepositions.

	In Lexical-Functional Grammar, the '''governable grammatical functions''' are those which may be listed in the PRED values of ~~meaningful~~ words. In this course, we will use the following functions:		In Lexical-Functional Grammar, the '''governable grammatical functions''' are those which may be listed in the PRED values of words. In this course, we will use the following functions:

	Governable grammatical functions: SUBJ, OBJ, OBJ-θ, OBL-θ, POSS, COMP, and XCOMP.		Governable grammatical functions: SUBJ, OBJ, OBJ-θ, OBL-θ, POSS, COMP, and XCOMP.

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Governable grammatical functions

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	In linguistics, a head '''governs''' a property of another expression if it requires this expression to have that property. Governable properties include grammatical functions, cases, and particular prepositions.		In linguistics, a head '''governs''' a property of another expression if it requires this expression to have that property. Governable properties include grammatical functions, cases, and particular prepositions.

	In Lexical-Functional Grammar, the '''governable grammatical functions''' are those which may be listed in the PRED values of meaningful words ~~The textbook (p~~. ~~21) gives a complete list~~:		In Lexical-Functional Grammar, the '''governable grammatical functions''' are those which may be listed in the PRED values of meaningful words. In this course, we will use the following functions:

	Governable grammatical functions: SUBJ, OBJ, OBJ-θ, OBL-θ, POSS, COMP, and XCOMP.		Governable grammatical functions: SUBJ, OBJ, OBJ-θ, OBL-θ, POSS, COMP, and XCOMP.

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Case

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	The treatment of English case is pretty straightforward. For now, we will only deal with arguments of the verb so that we have to account for nominative and accusative pronouns. We thus postulate a feature CASE with the two possible values ''nom'' and ''acc''. Some pronouns are only compatible with one of these values, but other pronouns and all non-pronominal nouns are compatible with both cases.		The treatment of English case is pretty straightforward. For now, we will only deal with arguments of the verb so that we have to account for nominative and accusative pronouns. We thus postulate a feature CASE with the two possible values ''nom'' and ''acc''. Some pronouns are only compatible with one of these values, but other pronouns and all non-pronominal nouns are compatible with both cases.

	The only minor complication arises again with non-3rd singular person verbs in the present tense. This is not a grammatical complication, but an issue of how to combine agreement with case information in the SUBJ specification of these verbs. Proceed as follows: to each of the three disjuncts in the SUBJ specification, add the correct CASE information. (So, you need to make 3 additions to the last line of the lexical entry of ''disappear'' immediately above.)

	==== <span style="color: blue>Exercise 6.4</span> Nominative and accusative ====		==== <span style="color: blue>Exercise 6.4</span> Nominative and accusative ====

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Exercise 6.2 The third person singular present tense

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	5. Parse.		5. Parse.


	The present tense verb form ''disappear'' is less convenient to handle, since it is inbetween allowing only one kind of subject or all subjects. Rather, it allows subjects with 5 out of 6 AGR values:		The present tense verb form ''disappear'' is less convenient to handle, since it is inbetween allowing only one kind of subject or all subjects. Rather, it allows subjects with 5 out of 6 AGR values:

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Subject-verb agreement

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	5. Parse.		5. Parse.



	The present tense verb form ''disappear'' is less convenient to handle, since it is inbetween allowing only one kind of subject or all subjects. Rather, it allows subjects with 5 out of 6 AGR values:		The present tense verb form ''disappear'' is less convenient to handle, since it is inbetween allowing only one kind of subject or all subjects. Rather, it allows subjects with 5 out of 6 AGR values: