Practical Grammar 13: Difference between revisions

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

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

For (1), your grammar should produce the Argument Structure below as the only grammatical output:

Now implement the following sentences:

(3) There arose a storm (4) *Ingrid arose a storm

Sentence (3) should get the following Argument Structure:

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 (1) It rained.<br>
-(2) *Lilly rained<br>
+(2) *Ingrid rained<br>
 For (1), your grammar should produce the Argument Structure below as the '''only''' grammatical output:
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 [[ File:Rain-AgrSJPG.JPG   | 180px]]
-Your grammar should also create '''only''' the following grammatical Argument Structure results for (3) and (4):
+== Existential sentences ==
+Now implement the following sentences:
+(3) There arose a storm
+(4) *Ingrid arose a storm
+Sentence (3) should get the following Argument Structure:
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-(3) Ingrid disappeared.
-[[ File:Ingrid-disappeared-asJPG.JPG   | 500px]]
-(4) It disappeared.
-[[ File:It-disappeared-asJPG.JPG   | 500px]]