Exercises on the Argument Realization Principle

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Assume the following two constraints on the valence of words of part of speech v:

  1. [SUBJ <synsem>]
  2. [SPR <>]


Fill in the empty boxes in accordance with the Argument Realization Principle.

[HEAD      v ]
[SUBJ     <

>]
[SPR       <

>]
[COMPS <

>]

[ARG-ST <NP,PP>]


Fill in the empty boxes in accordance with the Argument Realization Principle.

[HEAD      v ]
[SUBJ     <

>]
[SPR       <

>]
[COMPS <

>]

[ARG-ST <NP>]


Fill in the empty boxes in accordance with the Argument Realization Principle.

[HEAD      v ]
[SUBJ     <

>]
[SPR       <

>]
[COMPS <

>]

[ARG-ST <NP,NP>]


Fill in the empty boxes in accordance with the Argument Realization Principle.

[HEAD      v ]
[SUBJ     < NP >]
[SPR       < >]
[COMPS < AP >]

[ARG-ST <

>]


Exercises on the ARG-ST and the valence lists of common nouns

Assume the following two constraints on the valence of common nouns (words like cat, dog, student, table:

  1. [SUBJ <>]
  2. [SPR <synsem>]

Assume that all the following exercises involve common nouns!

Fill in the empty boxes in accordance with the Argument Realization Principle.

[HEAD      n ]
[SUBJ     < {- _8} >]
[SPR       <

>]
[COMPS <

>]

[ARG-ST <D>]


Fill in the empty boxes in accordance with the Argument Realization Principle.

[HEAD      n ]
[SUBJ     <

>]
[SPR       <

>]
[COMPS <

>]

[ARG-ST <D,PP>]


Fill in the empty boxes in accordance with the Argument Realization Principle.

[HEAD      n ]
[SUBJ     < >]
[SPR       <

>]
[COMPS <

>]

[ARG-ST <

>]


Fill in the empty boxes in accordance with the Argument Realization Principle.

[HEAD      n ]
[SUBJ     < - >]
[SPR       < D >]
[COMPS < VP >]

[ARG-ST <

>]

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