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== Complement Clauses ==
== Complement Clauses ==


<span style="color: blue>Exercise 9 </span>
Next, we come to the exciting topic of complement (= subordinate) clauses. Here are two examples:
 
* Add the words in the following sentences:


(1) Fred thinks that Lilly disappeared<br>
(1) Fred thinks that Lilly disappeared<br>
(2) Fred enquires whether Lilly disappeared
(2) Fred enquires whether Lilly disappeared


Implement the following:
There is nothing really special about these structures. As with prepositional phrases, we need
 
# lexical items for the new verbs
# lexical items for the two complementizers ''that'' and ''whether''
# two new phrase structure rules.
 
We make the following assumptions:


# ''that'' and ''whether'' belong to the part of speech C (= complementizer).  
# ''that'' and ''whether'' belong to the part of speech C (= complementizer).  
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# CPs take two daughers: a C and an IP. The two daughters are co-heads of the CP.
# CPs take two daughers: a C and an IP. The two daughters are co-heads of the CP.
# You need to add a new VP rule which allows a VP to consist of a V and a CP. The CP bears the GF '''COMP'''.
# You need to add a new VP rule which allows a VP to consist of a V and a CP. The CP bears the GF '''COMP'''.
# Complementizers have no PRED value.


* Make any further changes that are necessary to obtain the f-structure (10) on p. 101 for (1), with one exception: your grammar will not contain the information [CLTYPE DECL] in the main f-structure! For sentence (2), you should obtain an f-structure which is identical to that of sentence (1), with the exception that the CLTYPE of the COMP in (2) should be INTER.
<span style="color: blue>Exercise 9 </span>
 


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1. Open Grammar 9<br>
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2. Implement the analysis for sentences (1)-(2) as described above.<br>
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3. Parse. Your output should look exactly like the output decribed in the document Exercise-9-expected-output.pdf on Olat.
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Latest revision as of 07:18, 25 July 2025

Complement Clauses

Next, we come to the exciting topic of complement (= subordinate) clauses. Here are two examples:

(1) Fred thinks that Lilly disappeared
(2) Fred enquires whether Lilly disappeared

There is nothing really special about these structures. As with prepositional phrases, we need

  1. lexical items for the new verbs
  2. lexical items for the two complementizers that and whether
  3. two new phrase structure rules.

We make the following assumptions:

  1. that and whether belong to the part of speech C (= complementizer).
  2. Complementizers head CPs.
  3. CPs take two daughers: a C and an IP. The two daughters are co-heads of the CP.
  4. You need to add a new VP rule which allows a VP to consist of a V and a CP. The CP bears the GF COMP.
  5. Complementizers have no PRED value.

Exercise 9

1. Open Grammar 9
2. Implement the analysis for sentences (1)-(2) as described above.
3. Parse. Your output should look exactly like the output decribed in the document Exercise-9-expected-output.pdf on Olat.

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