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== Not only verbs have a PRED feature == | == Not only verbs have a PRED feature == | ||
Last week, we introduced the PRED feature and assigned it to verbs, like the following: | |||
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<span style="color: blue>Joe</span> saw <span style="color: red>Fred</span>.<br> | |||
[PRED 'SEE<<span style="color: blue>SUBJ</span>, <span style="color: red>OBJ</span>>']<br> | |||
== Making our grammar more similar to the textbook system == | == Making our grammar more similar to the textbook system == | ||
Revision as of 11:22, 19 November 2020
Not only verbs have a PRED feature
Last week, we introduced the PRED feature and assigned it to verbs, like the following:
(4)
Joe saw Fred.
[PRED 'SEE<SUBJ, OBJ>']
Making our grammar more similar to the textbook system
The following rules are a slightly simplified version of the c-structure rules from pages 33 and 35 of the textbook. The rules are simplified, so as not to introduce too many new ideas at once. We will eventually use the full set of rules.
Exercise
1. Go to xlfg.
2. Create a new project.
3. Calls it "Practical Grammar 5".
4. Enter "start_symbol: IP" into the Declarations editor.
5. Enter the following c-structure rules into the Grammar editor.
DP → D NP;
DP → NP;
IP → DP Ibar;
Ibar → I VP;
Ibar → VP;
NP → N;
NP → AP NP;
PP → P DP;
VP → V;
VP → V DP;
VP → V PP;
VP → V DP DP;
VP → V DP PP;
// The following is a pseudo-rule that is supposed to recognize all categories. Do NOT change or delete it!
Const → CP|Cbar|DP|Dbar|IP|Ibar|NP|PP|VP;