06. Very basic Grammar of Italian author DeepThought
11.2. The treatment of AAPs and APPs in the italian grammar A possible approach could be to generate AAPs and APPS by using two distinct lexical rules,
which could define the matrix phrase structure and deal with the indexation matter
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In the italian grammar there are already two lexical rules for past participles (one for the
active diathesis, the other for the passive one), so that it seems more efficient to adopt a kind
of “mixed” approach, making use of lexical constraints and specific schemata.
a) Lexical constraints -
gerundive phrases : a gerundive verb expands the type “gerund-verb-word”, (verb- word subtype). The head of the MOD list is constrained to be a verb and its SUBJ list
has to be empty:
gerund-verb-word := verb-word &
[SYNSEM.LOCAL.CAT.HEAD
[MOD < [LOCAL.CAT.HEAD verb,
LOCAL.CAT.VAL.SUBJ < >] > ] ].
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participial phrases : a participle verb is the input of three lexical rules (two for the
active diathesis, the third for the passive one) variously constraining the MOD list
element:
active-lex-to-word := d-word &
[SYNSEM [ LOCAL [ CAT [HEAD base-ppv & [
MOD < [LOCAL.CAT.HEAD verb,
LOCAL.CAT.VAL.SUBJ < >] > ],
CONT #cont & [HOOK.INDEX.E.DIATH active] ],
NON-LOCAL #nonlocal ],
ARGS < pastpart-verb & [SYNSEM.LOCAL [CONT #cont ],
SYNSEM.NON-LOCAL #nonlocal ] > ].
tr-active-lex-to-word := active-lex-to-word &
[SYNSEM.LOCAL.CAT.VAL.SUBJ < >,
ARGS < [SYNSEM.LOCAL.CAT.HEAD [TRANS +,
TRANSACT + ] > ].
intr-active-lex-to-word := active-lex-to-word &
[ ARGS < [SYNSEM.LOCAL.CAT.HEAD [TRANS -,
TRANSACT - ] > ].
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Sentence 5 has an ambiguous interpretation. While in the other sentences the absolute phrase subject is easily detected, in
the sentence “Ucciso Cesare, Roma cadde nella confusione” the name “Roma” could or could not be the subject of “ucciso”.
Anyway, the past participle “ucciso” has an active interpretation.
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