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--1 The construction of verb phrases
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abstract Verb = Cat ** {
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--2 Complementization rules
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-- Verb phrases are constructed from verbs by providing their
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-- complements. There is one rule for each verb category.
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fun
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UseV : V -> VP ; -- sleep
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ComplVV : VV -> VP -> VP ; -- want to run
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ComplVS : VS -> S -> VP ; -- know that she runs
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ComplVQ : VQ -> QS -> VP ; -- wonder if she runs
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ComplVA : VA -> AP -> VP ; -- look red
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SlashV2a : V2 -> VPSlash ; -- use (it)
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Slash2V3 : V3 -> NP -> VPSlash ; -- send it (to her)
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Slash3V3 : V3 -> NP -> VPSlash ; -- send (it) to her
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SlashV2V : V2V -> VP -> VPSlash ; -- cause (it) to burn
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SlashV2S : V2S -> S -> VPSlash ; -- tell (me) that it rains
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SlashV2Q : V2Q -> QS -> VPSlash ; -- ask (me) who came
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SlashV2A : V2A -> AP -> VPSlash ; -- paint (it) red
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ComplSlash : VPSlash -> NP -> VP ; -- use it
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SlashVV : VV -> VPSlash -> VPSlash ; -- want to give her
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SlashV2VNP : V2V -> NP -> VPSlash -> VPSlash ; -- want me to give her
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--2 Other ways of forming verb phrases
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-- Verb phrases can also be constructed reflexively and from
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-- copula-preceded complements.
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ReflVP : VPSlash -> VP ; -- use itself
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UseComp : Comp -> VP ; -- be warm
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-- Passivization of two-place verbs is another way to use
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-- them. In many languages, the result is a participle that
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-- is used as complement to a copula ("is used"), but other
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-- auxiliary verbs are possible (Ger. "wird angewendet", It.
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-- "viene usato"), as well as special verb forms (Fin. "käytetään",
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-- Swe. "används").
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--
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-- *Note*. the rule can be overgenerating, since the $V2$ need not
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-- take a direct object.
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PassV2 : V2 -> VP ; -- be used
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-- Adverbs can be added to verb phrases. Many languages make
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-- a distinction between adverbs that are attached in the end
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-- vs. next to (or before) the verb.
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AdvVP : VP -> Adv -> VP ; -- sleep here
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AdVVP : AdV -> VP -> VP ; -- always sleep
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-- *Agents of passives* are constructed as adverbs with the
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-- preposition [Structural Structural.html]$.8agent_Prep$.
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--2 Complements to copula
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-- Adjectival phrases, noun phrases, and adverbs can be used.
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CompAP : AP -> Comp ; -- (be) small
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CompNP : NP -> Comp ; -- (be) a soldier
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CompAdv : Adv -> Comp ; -- (be) here
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--2 Coercions
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-- Verbs can change subcategorization patterns in systematic ways,
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-- but this is very much language-dependent. The following two
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-- work in all the languages we cover.
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UseVQ : VQ -> V2 ; -- ask (a question)
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UseVS : VS -> V2 ; -- know (a secret)
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}
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