Difference between revisions of "Conjunction"

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Word-level conjunction

See the PPCEME, PPCME2 guidelines.

Verbs

(VAN (VAN máður) (CONJ og) (VAN ritaður))

(VBN (VBN máð) (CONJ og) (VBN ritað))

(VB (VB má) (CONJ og) (VB rita))

Determiners

                                 (NP-OB1 (D (D-A hitt-hinn) (CONJ og-og) (D-A þetta-þessi))
						  (ADJ-A smálegt-smálegur)
						  (, ,-,)
						  (CP-REL (WNP-1 0)
							  (C ER-ER)
							  (IP-SUB (NP-OB1 *T*-1)
								  (NP-SBJ (PRO-N hún-hún))
								  (VBDS ætti-eiga)
								  (ADVP (ADV eftir-eftir))
								  (PP (P í-í)
								      (NP (N-D hús$-hús)
									  (D-D $inu-hinn)
									  (NP-POS (PRO-D sínu-sinn)))))))

Phrase-level conjunction

When any of the conjunct consists of more than a single word (see PPCME/PPCEME)

(XP (XP (X first-conjunct))
    (CONJP (CONJ conjunction)
           (YP (Y second-conjunct)))
    (CONJP (CONJ conjunction)
           (ZP (Z third-conjunct) (Z more-of-third-conjunct))))

IPs

	  (CP-THT-1 (C að-að)
		    (IP-SUB (IP-SUB (NP-SBJ (N-N fátækrastjórn$-fátækrastjórn) (D $in-hinn))
				    (VBPS sundri-sundra)
				    (NP-OB1 (NS-D HREPPSTJÓRU$-HREPPSTJÓRI) (D $num-hinn))
				    (, ,-,))
			    (CONJP (CONJ en-en)
				   (IP-SUB (NP-SUB *con*)
					   (VBPS samtengi-samtenga)
					   (NP-OB1 (PRO-A þá-þá))
					   (NEG ekki-ekki)))))

Different head tags

Conjoining ADJ and VAN:

	  (NP-PRD (N-N kerlingarskepna-kerlingarskepna)
		  (ADJP (ADJ gömul-gamall)
			(CONJP (CONJ og-og) (VAN slitin-slíta))))

Shared modifiers

Shared pre-modifiers

See PPCME/PPCEME Guidelines

Example for ADV heads with a shared pre-modifier ADV, notice the ADVX.

( (IP-MAT (NP-SBJ (N-FSNDC á$-á) (D $in-hinn))
	  (VBD-IA3SD skar-skera)
	  (ADVP (ADV svo-svo)
		(ADV skýrt-skýra)
		(CONJP (CONJ og-og)
		       (ADVX (ADV greinilega-greinilega))))
	  (PP (P-D úr-úr)
	      (NP (NS-NPDIC landamerkjum-landamerki)
		  (NP-POS (Q hvorratveggja-hvorratveggur) (NS-FPGDC jarðan$-jarða) (D $na-hinn))))

Shared post-modifiers

Always attached as high as possible.

[EFS: kíkja á setningu 116 í fyrsta bút PogS, þ.e. bíta gras til holda, (PP þó hásumar væri) ]

Shared pre- and post-modifiers

Sometimes the first conjunct has a post-modifier which is also potentially shared with the second conjunct.

If the conjunction is definitely between two word-level constituents, then there can be ambiguity in the size of the constituents that are conjoined, just as in the "shared pre-modifier" case as above. This situation is handled as in the examples below:

(NP-SBJ (N-N Ótti)
               (D-N sá)
               (CONJP (CONJ og)
                             (NX (N-N skelfing))))

             (NP-SBJ (N-N upprekstrarland-upprekstrarland)
			    (NP-POS (NS-G bænda-bóndi))
			    (CONJP (CONJ og-og)
				          (NX (N-N afrétti-afréttur))))