-- IdRP: no difference between animate/inanimate AllEngAbs: RelCN (UseN friend_N) (UseRCl (TTAnt TPres ASimul) PPos (RelSlash IdRP (SlashVP everybody_NP (SlashV2a love_V2)))) AllEng: friend that everybody loves AllEngAbs: RelCN (UseN computer_N) (UseRCl (TTAnt TPres ASimul) PPos (RelSlash IdRP (SlashVP everybody_NP (SlashV2a love_V2)))) AllEng: computer that everybody loves -- IdRP + possess_Prep, RelSlash AllEngAbs: PredVP (RelNP (DetCN (DetQuant DefArt NumSg) (UseN boss_N)) (UseRCl (TTAnt TPres ASimul) PPos (RelSlash (FunRP possess_Prep (MassNP (UseN computer_N)) IdRP) (SlashVP everybody_NP (SlashV2a love_V2))))) (UseComp (CompAdv here_Adv)) AllEng: the boss , computer of which everybody loves , is here -- IdRP + part_Prep, RelSlash AllEngAbs: RelNP (MassNP (UseN butter_N)) (UseRCl (TTAnt TPres ASimul) PPos (RelSlash (FunRP part_Prep (DetCN (DetQuant IndefArt NumSg) (UseN stick_N)) IdRP) (SlashVP (UsePron i_Pron) (SlashV2a eat_V2)))) AllEng: butter , a stick of which I eat -- GenRP + RelVP -- NB. with GenRP, can't parse "teacher whose every friend runs", because GenRP takes only a CN AllEngAbs: RelCN (UseN teacher_N) (UseRCl (TTAnt TPres ASimul) PPos (RelVP (GenRP NumSg (UseN friend_N)) (UseV run_V))) AllEng: teacher whose friend runs AllEngAbs: RelCN (UseN car_N) (UseRCl (TTAnt TPres ASimul) PPos (RelVP (GenRP NumSg (UseN oil_N)) (UseV run_V))) AllEng: car whose oil runs -- GenRP + RelSlash AllEngAbs: PredVP (RelNP (DetCN (DetQuant DefArt NumSg) (UseN boss_N)) (UseRCl (TTAnt TPres ASimul) PPos (RelSlash (GenRP NumSg (UseN computer_N)) (SlashVP everybody_NP (SlashV2a love_V2))))) (UseComp (CompAdv here_Adv)) AllEng: the boss , whose computer everybody loves , is here AllEngAbs: PredVP (RelNP (DetCN (DetQuant DefArt NumSg) (UseN restaurant_N)) (UseRCl (TTAnt TPres ASimul) PPos (RelSlash (GenRP NumSg (UseN fruit_N)) (SlashVP everybody_NP (SlashV2a love_V2))))) (UseComp (CompAdv here_Adv)) AllEng: the restaurant , whose fruit everybody loves , is here -- IdRP other, RelSlash -- RelVP really doesn't make sense–the preposition in FunRP looks like an object complement? -- e.g. "Paris , the best city *in* which *I have lived* -- gap: "I have lived *in Paris* -- for RelVP, the noun is a subject: -- e.g. "Paris , the best city ∅ which sleeps" -- no gap: "Paris sleeps" -- In fact, the structure "in which I have lived" is easier to make with another instance of ClSlash: -- take any intransitive verb, and add preposition to it with SlashPrep : Cl -> Prep -> ClSlash ; -- This feels more natural, because now the preposition is a part of the ClSlash, not part of the RP. -- Let's demonstrate both sentence structures. -- Transitive verb + preposition in RP -- The RP is the whole [the best city in which] -- We can't even do "lived in", because because live_V is intransitive and RelSlash requires transitive. -- So let's switch to love_V2 instead. AllEngAbs: RelNP (UsePN paris_PN) (UseRCl (TTAnt TPres AAnter) PPos (RelSlash (FunRP in_Prep (DetCN (DetQuantOrd DefArt NumSg (OrdSuperl good_A)) (UseN city_N)) IdRP) (SlashVP (UsePron i_Pron) (SlashV2a love_V2)))) AllEng: Paris , the best city in which I have loved -- Intransitive verb + preposition in ClSlash -- The RP is just [that] AllEngAbs: RelNP (UsePN paris_PN) (UseRCl (TTAnt TPres AAnter) PPos (RelSlash IdRP (SlashPrep (PredVP (UsePron i_Pron) (UseV live_V)) in_Prep))) AllEng: Paris , that I have lived in AllEngAbs: PredVP (UsePN paris_PN) (UseComp (CompNP (DetCN (DetQuantOrd DefArt NumSg (OrdSuperl good_A)) (RelCN (UseN city_N) (UseRCl (TTAnt TPres AAnter) PPos (RelSlash IdRP (SlashPrep (PredVP (UsePron i_Pron) (UseV live_V)) in_Prep))))))) AllEng: Paris is the best city that I have lived in -- to get "… city I have lived in", use Extend.EmptyRelSlash in place of RelSlash --------------------------------------- -- Now let's do complicated structures! -- FunRP + ditransitive verb. The whole string is the RS, and the substring [the first car to which] is the RP. AllEngAbs: UseRCl (TTAnt TPres AAnter) PPos (RelSlash (FunRP to_Prep (DetCN (DetQuantOrd DefArt NumSg (OrdNumeral (num (pot2as3 (pot1as2 (pot0as1 pot01)))))) (UseN car_N)) IdRP) (SlashVP (UsePron i_Pron) (Slash2V3 give_V3 (MassNP (UseN oil_N))))) AllEng: the first car to which I have given oil -- IdRP + ditransitive verb. The whole string is now a NP, and RS is just a small part of it: [[that]:RP I have given oil]:RS AllEngAbs: DetCN (DetQuantOrd DefArt NumSg (OrdNumeral (num (pot2as3 (pot1as2 (pot0as1 pot01)))))) (RelCN (UseN car_N) (UseRCl (TTAnt TPres AAnter) PPos (RelSlash IdRP (SlashVP (UsePron i_Pron) (Slash2V3 give_V3 (MassNP (UseN oil_N))))))) AllEng: the first car that I have given oil -- IdRP + ditransitive verb, but the verb has an inherent preposition AllEngAbs: DetCN (DetQuantOrd DefArt NumSg (OrdNumeral (num (pot2as3 (pot1as2 (pot0as1 pot01)))))) (RelCN (UseN country_N) (UseRCl (TTAnt TPres AAnter) PPos (RelSlash IdRP (SlashVP (UsePron i_Pron) (Slash2V3 sell_V3 (MassNP (UseN oil_N))))))) AllEng: the first country that I have sold oil to -- let's test with Slash3V3 for completeness' sake AllEngAbs: DetCN (DetQuantOrd DefArt NumSg (OrdNumeral (num (pot2as3 (pot1as2 (pot0as1 pot01)))))) (RelCN (UseN oil_N) (UseRCl (TTAnt TPres AAnter) PPos (RelSlash IdRP (SlashVP (UsePron i_Pron) (Slash3V3 sell_V3 (DetCN (DetQuant IndefArt NumSg) (UseN country_N))))))) AllEng: the first oil that I have sold to a country -- FunRP + ditransitive verb, now in a context -- Suppose that I have a car named John. Now the relative pronoun "which" is chosen after the noun "car". AllEngAbs: RelNP (UsePN john_PN) (UseRCl (TTAnt TPres AAnter) PPos (RelSlash (FunRP to_Prep (DetCN (DetQuantOrd DefArt NumSg (OrdNumeral (num (pot2as3 (pot1as2 (pot0as1 pot01)))))) (UseN car_N)) IdRP) (SlashVP (UsePron i_Pron) (Slash2V3 give_V3 (MassNP (UseN oil_N)))))) AllEng: John , the first car to which I have given oil -- Suppose that I have a friend named John. Now the relative pronoun "who" is chosen after the noun "friend". AllEngAbs: RelNP (UsePN john_PN) (UseRCl (TTAnt TPres AAnter) PPos (RelSlash (FunRP to_Prep (DetCN (DetQuantOrd (PossPron i_Pron) NumSg (OrdNumeral (num (pot2as3 (pot1as2 (pot0as1 pot01)))))) (UseN friend_N)) IdRP) (SlashVP (UsePron i_Pron) (Slash2V3 give_V3 (MassNP (UseN beer_N)))))) AllEng: John , my first friend to who I have given beer -- If I really wanted to describe "John , my first friend […]", I would prefer using Extend.ApposNP to get a tree that makes more sense -- this doesn't linearise in core RGL, but here's the tree: AllEngAbs: ApposNP (UsePN john_PN) (DetCN (DetQuantOrd DefArt NumSg (OrdNumeral (num (pot2as3 (pot1as2 (pot0as1 pot01)))))) (RelCN (UseN friend_N) (UseRCl (TTAnt TPres AAnter) PPos (RelSlash IdRP (SlashVP (UsePron i_Pron) (Slash2V3 give_V3 (MassNP (UseN beer_N)))))))) AllEng: John , the first friend that I have given beer