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(ii) signature
V
(iv) surface realization
V
1
2
3
4−5
6
7−8
.
N
NN
John
persuaded
Mary
to__read
a__book
In the corresponding proplet representation, the implicit subject of the infini-
tive is specified explicitly as
Mary
in the
arg
slot of
read
:
8.6.10 C
ORRESPONDING PROPLET REPRESENTATION
⎡
⎣
⎤
⎦
⎡
⎣
⎤
⎦
⎡
⎣
⎤
⎦
⎡
⎣
⎤
⎦
⎡
⎣
⎤
⎦
noun: John
cat: nm
sem: sg
fnc: persuade
prn: 36
verb: persuade
cat: decl
sem: past
arg: John read Mary
prn: 36
noun: Mary
cat: nm
sem: sg
fnc: read
prn: 36
verb: read
cat: inf
fnc: persuade
arg: Mary book
prn: 36
noun: book
cat: snp
sem: indef sg
fnc: read
prn: 36
The graphs of
promise
class constructions are similar to those of
persuade
class constructions except that the order of the infinitive and the nominal object
is reversed. Consider the following example with a one-place infinitive:
8.6.11 S
UBJECT CONTROL IN
John promised Mary to sleep.
(i) semantic relations graph (SRG)
(iii) numbered arcs graph (NAG)
promise
promised
1
3
4
5
6
2
John
Mary
sleep
John
Mary
sleep
(ii) signature
V
(iv) surface realization
1
John
2
3
4−5
to__sleep
6
.
N
NV
promised
Mary
In the corresponding proplet representation, the implicit subject of the infini-
tive is specified explicitly as
John
in the
arg
slot of
sleep
:
8.6.12 P
ROPLET REPRESENTATION OF
John promised Mary to sleep.
⎡
⎣
⎤
⎦
⎡
⎣
⎤
⎦
⎡
⎣
⎤
⎦
⎡
⎣
⎤
⎦
noun: John
cat: nm
sem: sg
fnc: promise
prn: 35
verb: promise
cat: decl
sem: past
arg: John Mary sleep
prn: 35
noun: Mary
cat: nm
sem: sg
fnc: promise
prn: 35
verb: sleep
cat: inf
fnc: promise
arg: John
prn: 35
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