a Brazilian treebank annotated with semantic role labels
... verbs that play an auxiliary role, including temporal, modal and aspectual verbs. These verbs are modifiers of the proposition, but do not belong to the argument structure and thus do not integrate the core of the proposition. In Portuguese, these verbs occur at left of the main verb in a verbal cha ...
... verbs that play an auxiliary role, including temporal, modal and aspectual verbs. These verbs are modifiers of the proposition, but do not belong to the argument structure and thus do not integrate the core of the proposition. In Portuguese, these verbs occur at left of the main verb in a verbal cha ...
Annotation guidelines for the PARSEME shared task on automatic
... second and fourth example above, the prepositions by and in are lexicalized since they introduce lexicalized complements (the horns, surprise and pocket). Conversely, in the third case the preposition in introduces an open slot whose meaning compositionally ...
... second and fourth example above, the prepositions by and in are lexicalized since they introduce lexicalized complements (the horns, surprise and pocket). Conversely, in the third case the preposition in introduces an open slot whose meaning compositionally ...
Verbal Ability Tips - G.Narayanamma Institute of Technology and
... Note: Nouns (names) that can be counted are called Countable Nouns. Ex: books---- books girl-------girls Nouns that cannot be counted are called uncountable nouns. Ex: milk, oil, good, hatred etc. Gender of Nouns "Gender" refers to the sex of living things. All names referring to males are called Ma ...
... Note: Nouns (names) that can be counted are called Countable Nouns. Ex: books---- books girl-------girls Nouns that cannot be counted are called uncountable nouns. Ex: milk, oil, good, hatred etc. Gender of Nouns "Gender" refers to the sex of living things. All names referring to males are called Ma ...
- (BORA)
... As a result of the ubiquitous ambiguity of natural languages, parsing with a highcoverage formal grammar and lexicon will often return a very high number of alternative analyses for a sentence, whereas normally only one of those analyses will be appropriate in the given context. Some degree of manua ...
... As a result of the ubiquitous ambiguity of natural languages, parsing with a highcoverage formal grammar and lexicon will often return a very high number of alternative analyses for a sentence, whereas normally only one of those analyses will be appropriate in the given context. Some degree of manua ...
DGP 6th Five-Day Plan Sent. 5
... 2. Label the parts of speech in the sentence above by using the abbreviations in the word bank below. Day 1 Word Bank: n - noun (2) N – proper noun (1) adj-adjective(1) av – action verb (1) – pres (present), past (past), f (future) art-article(1) prep - preposition (1) Day 1 Notes: A n ...
... 2. Label the parts of speech in the sentence above by using the abbreviations in the word bank below. Day 1 Word Bank: n - noun (2) N – proper noun (1) adj-adjective(1) av – action verb (1) – pres (present), past (past), f (future) art-article(1) prep - preposition (1) Day 1 Notes: A n ...
Chapter 5: Using Correct Language
... There are several types of modifying phrases: • A prepositional phrase is a word group that starts with a preposition and ends with a noun or a pronoun. To get there on time, we have to leave now. ...
... There are several types of modifying phrases: • A prepositional phrase is a word group that starts with a preposition and ends with a noun or a pronoun. To get there on time, we have to leave now. ...
IDENTIFYING SENTENCE ELEMENTS
... immigration, as well as mining, dam-construction, and commercial logging – are likely to stimulate yet greater deforestation in the future (OBJECT). The main information in this clause is: ‘We (S) must consider (V) that additional pressures are likely to stimulate deforestation (O). The object is an ...
... immigration, as well as mining, dam-construction, and commercial logging – are likely to stimulate yet greater deforestation in the future (OBJECT). The main information in this clause is: ‘We (S) must consider (V) that additional pressures are likely to stimulate deforestation (O). The object is an ...
This chapter makes theoretical contributions to construction grammar
... combinations. It may be that a grammatical system based on word order is inherently harder to handle in the framework of construction grammar, but this issue goes beyond the scope of our article, which focuses on Russian rather than English. A highly inflected language, such as Russian, clearly mark ...
... combinations. It may be that a grammatical system based on word order is inherently harder to handle in the framework of construction grammar, but this issue goes beyond the scope of our article, which focuses on Russian rather than English. A highly inflected language, such as Russian, clearly mark ...
Reasoning about Meaning in Natural Language with Compact
... words. The former application is through Lambek’s pregroup grammars [26], which are compact closed categories [33] and have been applied to formalizing grammars of a wide range of natural languages, for instance see [27]. The other application domain, referred to as distributional models of meaning, ...
... words. The former application is through Lambek’s pregroup grammars [26], which are compact closed categories [33] and have been applied to formalizing grammars of a wide range of natural languages, for instance see [27]. The other application domain, referred to as distributional models of meaning, ...
what is a preposition
... Many words that are used as prepositions, can be used as adverbs. Some examples are up, down, around, in, and out. Prepositions, like adverbs tell where or when. This can be confusing, very confusing. See if this helps! The difference between a preposition and an adverb, is that an adverb describes ...
... Many words that are used as prepositions, can be used as adverbs. Some examples are up, down, around, in, and out. Prepositions, like adverbs tell where or when. This can be confusing, very confusing. See if this helps! The difference between a preposition and an adverb, is that an adverb describes ...
Studies in African Linguistics Volume 21, Number 2, August 1990
... relative. Basic-form adjectives invariably occur in post-nominal position like other nominal modifiers with the exception of qualifactive nouns. Polar adjectives can be emphasized, in which case they occur in a suppletive form. When suppleted, emphatic adjectives occur preferentially in the pre-nomi ...
... relative. Basic-form adjectives invariably occur in post-nominal position like other nominal modifiers with the exception of qualifactive nouns. Polar adjectives can be emphasized, in which case they occur in a suppletive form. When suppleted, emphatic adjectives occur preferentially in the pre-nomi ...
The Lexical Syntax and Lexical Semantics of the Verb
... 2. The Figure is sometimes called the ‘locatum,’ the Ground the ‘location.’ See Svenonius 1996b for discussion of den Dikken’s account, Svenonius 2002 for recent discussion of the Figure–Ground distinction in the context of verb-particle constructions. ...
... 2. The Figure is sometimes called the ‘locatum,’ the Ground the ‘location.’ See Svenonius 1996b for discussion of den Dikken’s account, Svenonius 2002 for recent discussion of the Figure–Ground distinction in the context of verb-particle constructions. ...
The Special Datives
... advantage or disadvantage is expressed in the Dative Case, and is called a Dative of Reference. This function may answer a question such as, “For whom was the action done?” or “For whose benefit?” Note carefully this distinction: I am giving money to you. ...
... advantage or disadvantage is expressed in the Dative Case, and is called a Dative of Reference. This function may answer a question such as, “For whom was the action done?” or “For whose benefit?” Note carefully this distinction: I am giving money to you. ...
37.ponta_monica
... The unstressed forms of the reflexive pronoun are placed by the verb they determine; -s is present before an auxiliary verb: s-ar duce; s-a intrebat and se is present in all other circumstances, both in front of the verb and after it: se aude; se vede; auzindu-se; vazandu-se. As far as the English r ...
... The unstressed forms of the reflexive pronoun are placed by the verb they determine; -s is present before an auxiliary verb: s-ar duce; s-a intrebat and se is present in all other circumstances, both in front of the verb and after it: se aude; se vede; auzindu-se; vazandu-se. As far as the English r ...
Adverbs #001: The Ten Different Word Families of Grammar Land
... #001: The Ten Different Word Families of Grammar Land English Book > Story #001: The Ten Different Word Families of Grammar Land > Page 8 > Minor Word Families > Auxiliary Verbs ...
... #001: The Ten Different Word Families of Grammar Land English Book > Story #001: The Ten Different Word Families of Grammar Land > Page 8 > Minor Word Families > Auxiliary Verbs ...
The invisible hand of grammaticalization
... Livio Gaeta Università di Napoli “Federico II” Grammaticalization may have therapeutic and pathological effects on morphology. The paper will focus on these latter with special regard to the occurrence of a morpheme in an unexpected form as is the case for the WestGermanic substitutive infinitive. T ...
... Livio Gaeta Università di Napoli “Federico II” Grammaticalization may have therapeutic and pathological effects on morphology. The paper will focus on these latter with special regard to the occurrence of a morpheme in an unexpected form as is the case for the WestGermanic substitutive infinitive. T ...
SEMANTIC ASPECTS OF THE PATTERN QOTEL
... In a number of cases qo/el denotes a person who occupies himself with the object indicated by a noun from which the qo/el is derived. Thus boqer ("herdsman") from bdqiir ("cattle"), /:lobe/ ("sailor") from /:zebe/ ("rope"), 26 yogeb ("field laborer?") from yiigeb ("field?"), 27 korem ("vinedresser") ...
... In a number of cases qo/el denotes a person who occupies himself with the object indicated by a noun from which the qo/el is derived. Thus boqer ("herdsman") from bdqiir ("cattle"), /:lobe/ ("sailor") from /:zebe/ ("rope"), 26 yogeb ("field laborer?") from yiigeb ("field?"), 27 korem ("vinedresser") ...
A Brief Syntactic Typology of Philippine Languages
... full range of recognized subgroups within the Philippines. A syntactic typology can best be achieved when the languages are described within the same theoretical framework. It should be clear that such a situation is difficult to achieve, in that most language descriptions are the products of their ...
... full range of recognized subgroups within the Philippines. A syntactic typology can best be achieved when the languages are described within the same theoretical framework. It should be clear that such a situation is difficult to achieve, in that most language descriptions are the products of their ...
An orientation of the theoretical aspects of verbs in English
... in the sentence as they are interpreted, semantically and syntactically, on the basis of the formative verb which functions as the nucleus of the sentence. I am indebted to Dr. James E. Duckworth for his direction on this thesis and the instruction from his classes, to Dr. Irby B. Brown and Dr. Harr ...
... in the sentence as they are interpreted, semantically and syntactically, on the basis of the formative verb which functions as the nucleus of the sentence. I am indebted to Dr. James E. Duckworth for his direction on this thesis and the instruction from his classes, to Dr. Irby B. Brown and Dr. Harr ...
Chapter 36: Indirect Command
... in Latin, but seriously I can’t remember the last time I saw either. You should learn them, but you should also know you won’t ever see them from me. And finally the participles factus and faciendus are both borrowed from facio, making fio technically part of a composite conjugation. As a matter of ...
... in Latin, but seriously I can’t remember the last time I saw either. You should learn them, but you should also know you won’t ever see them from me. And finally the participles factus and faciendus are both borrowed from facio, making fio technically part of a composite conjugation. As a matter of ...
Sentence Variety
... 1 – She performed the surgery with great skill. 2 – She saved the patient’s life. 1 – The child pedaled furiously down the sidewalk. 2 – The child ignored the big kids on their flashy ten speed bikes. 1 – They conducted a survey of Jackson Heights residents. 2 – They found that most opposed construc ...
... 1 – She performed the surgery with great skill. 2 – She saved the patient’s life. 1 – The child pedaled furiously down the sidewalk. 2 – The child ignored the big kids on their flashy ten speed bikes. 1 – They conducted a survey of Jackson Heights residents. 2 – They found that most opposed construc ...
Direct Object Pronouns
... •Direct Object Pronouns (DOP), like Subject Pronouns, are used to avoid repetition in a conversation or in a text. •If you see or use a DOP, you know that implicitly you are referring or should refer to an object already mentioned in the conversation or text. •DOPs can replace only nouns, that is a ...
... •Direct Object Pronouns (DOP), like Subject Pronouns, are used to avoid repetition in a conversation or in a text. •If you see or use a DOP, you know that implicitly you are referring or should refer to an object already mentioned in the conversation or text. •DOPs can replace only nouns, that is a ...