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(ii)
signature
V
N
(N)
V
(iv)
surface realization
1
2
3
4−5−6
7
8
.
N
Every_farmer
who_owns
a_donkey
beats
it
The redefinition of quantifiers as
sem
values and the coreference between
donkey
and
it
are shown by the following set of proplets, which codes the
content of 11.5.4 in DBS:
11.5.7 R
EPRESENTING THE
D
ONKEY CONTENT AS A SET OF PROPLETS
⎡
⎣
⎤
⎦
⎡
⎣
⎤
⎦
⎡
⎣
⎤
⎦
⎡
⎣
⎤
⎦
⎡
⎣
⎤
⎦
noun: farmer
cat: snp
sem: pl exh
fnc: beat
mdr: (own 17)
prn: 16
verb: own
cat: v
sem: pres
arg: # donkey
mdd: (beat 16)
prn: 17
noun: donkey
cat: snp
sem: indef sg
fnc: own
prn: 17
verb: beat
cat: decl
sem: pres
arg: farmer (donkey 17)
prn: 16
noun: (donkey 17)
cat: snp
sem: indef sg
fnc: beat
prn: 16
The noun proplet
farmer
has the
sem
values
pl exh
(plural exhaustive) in
combination with the
cat
value
snp
(singular noun phrase). The noun proplet
donkey
has the cat value
snp
in combination with the
sem
values
indef sg
(in-
definite singular). The coreference of
it
with the antecedent
donkey
is coded
by the rightmost proplet with the address core value
(donkey 17)
.
Themainclauseandtherelativeclausehavedifferent
prn
values, here
16
and
17
. The modifier
modified relation between the subclause verb
own
and
the main clause noun
farmer
is coded by their
mdd
and
mdr
attributes. These
attributes have the address values
(beat 16)
and
(own 17)
, respectively. The
subject gap of the relative clause is indicated by # in the
arg
slot of
own
.For
hear mode derivations of relative clauses, see NLC'06, Sects. 7.4 and 7.5.
Another example, symptomatic of Transformational Grammar, is the “Bach-
Peters sentence.” It is based on intertwined
L' H
and
HL'
relative clause con-
structions, one with a subject gap, the other with an object gap (9.3.1):
|
11.5.8 T
HE
B
ACH
-P
ETERS SENTENCE
The man who deserves it will get the prize he wants.
9
9
Grammatically equivalent is
The pilot who shot at it hit the MIG that chased him.
(Karttunen
1971).
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