Dear All:  As I am working with free word ordered 'Bangla' language, I need to know some linguistic issues regarding matrix customization script - 1. In Bangla, a transitive or ditransitive verb can take another 'non-finite-verb' as its complements which could be corresponding to PP complement in English. For example a sentence: "naafid-ke jete balbe"                                                                         "Naafid-acc to-go tell"                                                                         "Tell Naafid to go" For this example, the ditransitive verb 'balbe' takes a verbal complement which is in non-finite form 'jete', while in English the ditransitive verb takes a PP complement 'to go'. But in the matrix customization script, the transitive verb can only takes NP or PP as complements. Do I need to include seperate rules for transitive verbs to take non-finite verbs as its complements?   2. As for english, modal verb 'can' is called the subject raising auxiliary. 'Bangla' has a auxiliary 'hay', but this auxiliary doesn't raise the subject just like English. For example: "naafid-ke balte hay"                                                          "Naafid-acc to-tell be"                                                          "Naafid has to tell / Naafid has to be told" This example shows that: there could be two interpretations for the same sentence (Naafid could be a 'subject' or 'object', regardless of the 'acc' case marker). Actually, in 'Bangla' the actual interpretation is disambiguated by the context. But, if there is any other main verb, instead of that auxiliary, there will be no ambiguities because the noun 'Naafid' will be an object (accusative). For example: "naafid-ke balte jaay"                     "Naafid-acc to-tell go"                     "(Somebody) goes to tell Naafid" Here, a finite main verb 'jaay' is used instead of auxiliary 'hay'. The point here is that, when auxliary 'hay' is used, the NP in that sentence 'could be' a subject while ignoring the context, not 'must be' (because in English, auxiliary 'can' ensures a subject to be exist in the sentence). From this point of view, can I select 'hay' as a "subject raising auxiliary" in the matrix customization script? 3. Why "neg-add-lr" rule used for? For a testing purpose, I have downloaded a matrix for free word order and I tried to parse some test sentences. When I tried to parse the sentence "naafid maare" (Naafid beats), it couldn't parse. As I saw from the parse chart: the verb 'maare' (beats) goes to the rule 'neg-add-lr', but that type didn't participate into some of the root nodes (such as: subj-head, head-comp) . For the convenience, I have attached a copy of the file 'choices'.Thank you.  ********************************* choices *************************************************** section=language language=bangla   section=word_order wordorder=free hasDets=t NounDetOrder=SpecHead   section=sentential_negation infl_neg=on neg-infl-type=aux-main neg-aff=suffix neg-aff-form=ni adv_neg=on neg-adv=sel-adv neg-adv=sel-adv neg-sel-adv=main-aux multineg=bothopt   section=coordination cs1=on cs1n=on cs1np=on cs1vp=on cs1s=on cs1pat=mono cs1mark=word cs1orth=ebong cs1order=before   section=matrix_yesno ques=qpart ques=qpart qpartposthead=+ qpartform=ki ques=qpart   section=basic_lexicon noun1=kukur noun1pred=_kukur_n_rel noun1spr=opt noun2=biraal noun2pred=_biraal_n_rel noun2spr=opt iverb=ghumaae ivpred=_ghumae_v_rel iverbSubj=np iverb-nonfinite=ghumaate tverb=dekhe tvpred=_dekhe_v_rel tverbSubj=np tverbObj=np tverb-nonfinite=dekhte auxverb=hay auxsem=pred auxpred=_hay_v_rel auxsem=pred auxcomp=VP auxorder=either auxsubj=noun det1=ei det1pred=_ei_q_rel objAdpForm=theke objAdp=post negadvform=naa   section=test_sentences sentence1=kukur ghumaae sentence2=kukur biraal dekhe *********************************************************************************************************** ---Altaf