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Implement the analysis of weather verbs that is given on p. 107 in the textbook. Your grammar should predict the following facts:
Implement the analysis of weather verbs that is given on p. 107 in the textbook. Your grammar should predict the following facts:


(1) It snowed.<br>
(1) It rained.<br>
(2) *Lilly snowed<br>
(2) *Lilly rained<br>
 
For (1), your grammar should produce the Argument Structure below:


[[ File:Rain-AgrSJPG.JPG  | 180px]]
[[ File:Rain-AgrSJPG.JPG  | 180px]]
Your grammar should also create exactly the following results:
(3) Ingrid disappeared.
[[ File:Ingrid-disappeared-asJPG.JPG  | 500px]]
(4) It disappeared.


[[ File:It-disappeared-asJPG.JPG  | 500px]]
[[ File:It-disappeared-asJPG.JPG  | 500px]]


[[ File:Ingrid-disappeared-asJPG.JPG  | 500px]]
 





Revision as of 10:54, 26 January 2021

When it rains, it pours

Implement the analysis of weather verbs that is given on p. 107 in the textbook. Your grammar should predict the following facts:

(1) It rained.
(2) *Lilly rained

For (1), your grammar should produce the Argument Structure below:

Rain-AgrSJPG.JPG

Your grammar should also create exactly the following results:

(3) Ingrid disappeared.

Ingrid-disappeared-asJPG.JPG

(4) It disappeared.

It-disappeared-asJPG.JPG