---------- -- Objects -- that cat is with me Lang: UseCl (TTAnt TPres ASimul) PPos (PredVP (DetCN (DetQuant that_Quant NumSg) (UseN cat_N)) (UseComp (CompAdv (PrepNP with_Prep (UsePron i_Pron))))) LangEng: that cat is with me LangMay: kucing itu denganku -- my cats are with that person Lang: UseCl (TTAnt TPres ASimul) PPos (PredVP (DetCN (DetQuant IndefArt NumPl) (PossNP (UseN cat_N) (UsePron i_Pron))) (UseComp (CompAdv (PrepNP with_Prep (DetCN (DetQuant that_Quant NumSg) (UseN person_N)))))) LangMay: kucing-kucingku dengan orang itu -- I hit him/her -- the &+ is a magic token, it will render in applications as "memukulnya" Lang: UseCl (TTAnt TPres ASimul) PPos (PredVP (UsePron i_Pron) (ComplSlash (SlashV2a hit_V2) (UsePron he_Pron))) LangMay: saya memukul &+ nya -- I hit that person Lang: UseCl (TTAnt TPres ASimul) PPos (PredVP (UsePron i_Pron) (ComplSlash (SlashV2a hit_V2) (DetCN (DetQuant that_Quant NumSg) (UseN person_N)))) LangMay: saya memukul orang itu ------------- -- Possession -- that cat is mine Lang: UseCl (TTAnt TPres ASimul) PPos (PredVP (DetCN (DetQuant that_Quant NumSg) (UseN cat_N)) (UseComp (CompNP (DetNP (DetQuant (PossPron i_Pron) NumSg))))) LangMay: kucing itu saya -- his/her cat is green Lang: UseCl (TTAnt TPres ASimul) PPos (PredVP (DetCN (DetQuant (PossPron he_Pron) NumSg) (UseN cat_N)) (UseComp (CompAP (PositA green_A)))) LangMay: kucing dia hijau -- I read his/her book -- two variants, different trees Lang: UseCl (TTAnt TPres ASimul) PPos (PredVP (UsePron i_Pron) (ComplSlash (SlashV2a read_V2) (DetCN (DetQuant IndefArt NumSg) (PossNP (UseN book_N) (UsePron she_Pron))))) LangMay: saya membaca bukunya Lang: UseCl (TTAnt TPres ASimul) PPos (PredVP (UsePron i_Pron) (ComplSlash (SlashV2a read_V2) (DetCN (DetQuant (PossPron he_Pron) NumSg) (UseN book_N)))) LangMay: saya membaca buku dia -- I read his/her father's book Lang: UseCl (TTAnt TPast ASimul) PPos (PredVP (UsePron i_Pron) (ComplSlash (SlashV2a read_V2) (DetCN (DetQuant DefArt NumSg) (PossNP (UseN book_N) (DetCN (DetQuant DefArt NumSg) (PossNP (UseN2 father_N2) (UsePron she_Pron))))))) LangMay: saya membaca buku bapanya -- Only the noun phrase Lang: MassNP (PossNP (UseN book_N) (UsePron he_Pron)) LangMay: bukunya Lang: DetCN (DetQuant (PossPron he_Pron) NumSg) (UseN book_N) LangMay: buku dia -- For non-pronoun NPs, only this variant Lang: MassNP (PossNP (UseN book_N) (DetCN (DetQuant DefArt NumSg) (UseN cat_N))) LangMay: buku kucing -- You can also produce nonsensical variants, in all languages. -- The point of RGL is to be a collection of syntactic structures, -- and application grammarians can choose to use them in any combinations. -- So the following English linearizations aren't *wrong*, they just don't make sense. -- If the Malay linearizations are merely weird, like the English ones, then they are correct. -- If they feel wrong in the same way as "his cat of my" would in English, then they are wrong. Lang: DetCN (DetQuant (PossPron he_Pron) NumSg) (PossNP (UseN cat_N) (UsePron i_Pron)) LangEng: his cat of mine LangMay: kucingku dia Lang: DetCN (DetQuant (PossPron i_Pron) NumSg) (PossNP (UseN cat_N) (UsePron she_Pron)) LangEng: my cat of hers LangMay: kucingnya saya