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<p>I think the idea is to represent the contrast between:<br>
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<p>1 We could unexpectedly close the window.</p>
<p>either ability to close or actual closure is unexpected<br>
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<p>2 We did not unexpectedly close the window.</p>
<p>only the closure (if it had happened) would be unexpected.</p>
<p>I don't think this is actually the best analysis. For instance,
for me,<br>
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<p>3 Unexpectedly we did not close the window.</p>
has another reading, which we are not capturing in MRS. Claudia
Maiernborn would (perhaps) treat this as a sentential situation
rather than an event modification and it may be that analysis is
also available for 1 instead of the modal modification analysis.<br>
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I'm afraid I don't have time to discuss this properly at the moment,
though. I feel such a discussion has taken place, but don't
remember the venue.<br>
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All best,<br>
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Ann<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/05/2017 01:13, Emily M. Bender
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<div>I'm curious about the different in analysis between neg_rel
and (other) scopal adverbial </div>
<div>modifiers on the one hand and modals on the other in the
treatment of the INDEX:</div>
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<div>In (1) and (2), the INDEX of the whole MRS points to the
ARG0 of _sleep_v_rel:</div>
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<div>(1) Kim doesn't sleep.</div>
<div>(2) Kim probably sleeps.</div>
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<div>... where in (3) and (4) it points to the ARG0 of
_can_v_rel and _would_v_rel respectively:</div>
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<div>(3) Kim can sleep.</div>
<div>(4) Kim would sleep.</div>
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<div>I'm wondering what difference we intend to model here.
(This question comes up now</div>
<div>because we're looking at negation in my grammar engineering
class, and the out-of-the-box</div>
<div>analysis for languages which express negation with an
auxiliary has neg_rel falling</div>
<div>in the latter class.)</div>
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<div>Thanks,</div>
<div>Emily</div>
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