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Predicative Multi-word with Verb, Prep anchors: Tnx0VPnx1
- Description:
- This tree family is selected by multiple anchor
verb/preposition pairs which together have a non-compositional
interpretation. For example, think of has the non-compositional
interpretion involving the inception of a notion or mental entity in
addition to the interpretion in which the agent is thinking about
someone or something. Anchors for this tree must be able to take both
gerunds and regular NP's in the second noun position. To allow
adverbs to appear between the verb and the preposition, the trees
contain an extra VP level. Several of the verbs which select the
Tnx0Vpnx1 family, but which should not have quite the freedom it
allows, will be moving to this family for the next release. 28
verb/preposition pairs select this tree family.
- Examples:
- think of, believe in, depend on
Calvin thought of a new idea .
Hobbes believes in sleeping all day .
Bill depends on drinking coffee for stimulation .
- Declarative tree:
- See Figure 6.11.
Figure:
Declarative PP Complement Tree: nx0VPnx1
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- Other available trees:
- wh-moved subject, wh-moved object, subject
relative clause with and without comp, adjunct (gap-less) relative clause
with comp/with PP pied-piping, object relative
clause with and without comp, imperative, determiner gerund, NP gerund, passive with by phrase, passive without by phrase, passive with wh-moved
subject and by phrase, passive with wh-moved subject and no by phrase, passive with wh-moved object out of the by phrase,
passive with wh-moved by phrase, passive with relative clause on
subject and by phrase with and without comp, passive with relative clause on subject
and no by phrase with and without comp, passive with relative clause on object on the
by phrase with and without comp/with PP pied-piping,
passive with/without by-phrase with adjunct (gap-less) relative clause
with comp/with PP pied-piping, gerund passive with by phrase, gerund passive
without by phrase. In addition, two other trees
that allow transitive verbs to function as adjectives (e.g. the thought of idea) are also in the family.
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1998-09-14