From 05b233b7b2a4c4487fbc0f5655d803b6ea714ebd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: aarne Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 07:05:08 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] stared on discont const --- doc/tutorial/gf-tutorial2.html | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/tutorial/gf-tutorial2.html b/doc/tutorial/gf-tutorial2.html index 2ca7949cc..80b19795a 100644 --- a/doc/tutorial/gf-tutorial2.html +++ b/doc/tutorial/gf-tutorial2.html @@ -1239,11 +1239,45 @@ the adjectival paradigm in which the two singular forms are the same, can be def } + + +

Discontinuous constituents

+ +A linearization type may contain more strings than one. +An example of where this is useful are English particle +verbs, such as switch off. The linearization of +a sentence may place the object between the verb and the particle: +he switched it off. + +

+ +The following grammar defines transitive verbs as a +discontinuous constituents, i.e. as having a linearization +type with two strings and not just one: +

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Topics still to be written

-Discontinuous constituents +Free variation + +

+ +Record extension, tuples