This is the only tree in this tree family to use the pred
feature.
The other tree family where the
pred
feature is
used is Tnx0nx1ARB.trees. Within this family, this feature (and the
following equations) are used only in the
W1nx0nx1ARB tree.
pron
,
possible values are +, -
This feature indicates whether a particular NP is a pronoun or not.
Certain constructions which do not permit pronouns use this
feature to block pronouns.
tense
,
possible values are pres, past
It does not seem to be the case that the tense
feature interacts with other features/syntactic processes. It
comes from the lexicon with the verb and is transmitted up the
tree in such a way that the root S node ends up with the
tense feature of the highest verb in the tree. The equations
used for this purpose are:
trans
,
possible values are +, -
Many but not all English verbs can anchor both transitive and intransitive trees.
Transitive trees have the trans
feature of their
anchor set to + and intransitive trees have the
trans
feature of their
anchor set to -. Verbs such as melt which can occur
in both transitive and intransitive trees come unspecified for the
trans
feature from the lexicon. Verbs which
can only occur in transitive trees e.g. borrow have their
trans
feature
specified in the lexicon as + thus blocking their anchoring of
an intransitive tree.