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== When it rains, it pours ==
== 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:
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.<br>
(1) It rained.<br>

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When it rains, it pours

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) *Lilly rained

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

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Your grammar should also create exactly the following results:

(3) Ingrid disappeared.

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(4) It disappeared.

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