<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Hello all,<div><br></div><div>My name is T.J. Trimble, and I’m working with Professor Bender to develop an adjective extension for the Grammar Matrix.</div><div><br></div><div>I’m working to develop my analysis of predicative only adjectives. I’m curious about the predicative only type in the ERG and why there is a non-empty MOD value.</div><div><br></div><div><font face="Menlo">intrans_pred_adj_synsem := basic_adj_synsem & one_arg & isect_synsem &<br> norm_adj_synsem &<br> [ LOCAL [ CAT [ HEAD adj &<br> [ PRD +,<br> MOD < [ --SIND #ind & non_expl-ind ] >,<br> MINORS.MIN adj_rel ],<br> VAL [ SPR.FIRST.LOCAL [ CAT.HEAD n_or_adv &<br> [ MINORS.ALTMIN abstr_meas_nom_rel ],<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> CONT.HOOK.XARG #arg0 ],<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>COMPS < > ] ],<br> CONT [ HOOK [ INDEX #arg0,<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> XARG #ind ],<br> RELS <! adj_relation !> ] ],<br> LKEYS.KEYREL [ ARG0 #arg0,<br> ARG1 #ind ] ].</font><br><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>I had been working under the assumption that predicative only adjectives would have an empty MOD value to keep them out of adj-head and head-adj constructions, but the ERG seems to do this with PRD values.</div><div><br></div><div><div><font face="Menlo">adj_head_int_phrase := adj_head_phrase & isect_mod_phrase &</font></div><div><font face="Menlo"> [ SYNSEM.LOCAL.CAT.VAL.COMPS #comps & *obllist*,</font></div><div><font face="Menlo"> NH-DTR.SYNSEM.LOCAL.CAT [ HEAD.PRD -,</font></div><div><font face="Menlo"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> VAL.COMPS #comps,</font></div><div><font face="Menlo"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> POSTHD - ] ].</font></div></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>So, two related questions about the ERG or about these sort of constructions in other grammars/languages:</div><div><br></div><div>1) Are there any examples of the MOD value of these predicative only adjectives being utilized?</div><div><br></div><div>2) Is there any compelling reason to use PRD +/– to constrain this instead of MOD < >?</div><div>
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