Begin and end of sentences

To describe patterns taking into account the first tag of sentences, it will be possible to use the restriction <pos:0>. For instance:

SubjL : PRO<pos:0> VERB

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This rule is applied when the subject pronoun is the first element of the sentence (position = 0).

It is also possible to use symbol `` ^ '' to represent a head that has no dependent elements to its left (apart from the dependents inserted in the pattern). For instance:

SubjL : ^ NOUN|PRO VERB

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That means there is only a NOUN or a PRO linked to the verb as a left dependent. There are not other complements or modifiers linked to the verb in the sentence appearing to the left of the nominal subject.



Pablo Gamallo 2009-06-22