Practical Grammar Help

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Lexical entries

1.

snores V;

2.

snores V
       [PER:3,
        NUM:sg];

3. The word "in" is a reserved word. Put "in" in quotation marks for the preposition.

Sentences

If your sentence is not recognized, but you also do not get an error message, then check the following:

  1. Sentences should not end with a period.
  2. Sentences should not end with a blank space.

Grammar

  1. If one c-structure rule has functional annotations, then ALL other c-structure rules must be annotated as well.

4. The annotation of PPs

VP → V DP PP
{
↑=↓1;
(↑OBJ) = ↓2;
let prep_phrase in ↓3
  (↑(prep_phrase PCASE)) = prep_phrase;

}