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Examples

E: That's the red car that I destroyed.

Tyl-Sjok: DET (START) I destroy red (REF) car.

Tyl-Sjok: I destroy red DET car.

E: I repair the red car.

Tyl-Sjok: I repair red car.

`red car' may be used as `a/the red car' or as `the car is red'

in the matrix clause. This can be disambiguated with a particle,

but in this clause, it is clear.

E: I repair the exploding car.

Tyl-Sjok: I repair explode car.

`explode car' is interpreted as `the car that explodes'. This happens

due to the valence of the verb `repair'.

Also note that for `explode', `car' is the patient.

E: I think the car explodes.

Tyl-Sjok: I think explode car.

`car explode' is interpreted as `the car explodes' because of the valence

of the verb `think'.

E: I repair the destroyed car.

Tyl-Sjok: I repair destroy (REF) car.

In constrast to the previous sentencse, destroyed is passive, so

the phrase `destroy car' cannot be used as a describing substitute

of `car'. For `destroy', `car' is the patient, not the agent.

Because there is no agent, the clause `destroy car' cannot reduce

to a described agent as in `red car'.

E: That's the red car that was stolen.

Tyl-Sjok: Red and steal DET car.

The two phrases `red' and `steal' are conjoined by `and'.

The phrase `steal' is a short form for `person steal',

which lacks an agent and may be interpreted as

something like passive voice.

E: I found the red car that was stolen by your mother.

Tyl-Sjok: I find red and you mother steal REF car.

Ambiguity between Saturation and Genitive

good blue book

It is good that the book is blue.

The blue book is good.

The blue of the book is good.

You may use particles (cf. Section 8.4) to clarify if the situation has no context to for disambiguation.

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Henrik Theiling
Sat Jun 9 18:52:24 CEST 2001

E:	That's the red car that I destroyed.
Tyl-Sjok:	DET (START) I destroy red (REF) car.
Tyl-Sjok:	I destroy red DET car.
E:	I repair the red car.
Tyl-Sjok:	I repair red car.
	`red car' may be used as `a/the red car' or as `the car is red'
	in the matrix clause. This can be disambiguated with a particle,
	but in this clause, it is clear.
E:	I repair the exploding car.
Tyl-Sjok:	I repair explode car.
	`explode car' is interpreted as `the car that explodes'. This happens
	due to the valence of the verb `repair'.
	Also note that for `explode', `car' is the patient.
E:	I think the car explodes.
Tyl-Sjok:	I think explode car.
	`car explode' is interpreted as `the car explodes' because of the valence
	of the verb `think'.
E:	I repair the destroyed car.
Tyl-Sjok:	I repair destroy (REF) car.
	In constrast to the previous sentencse, destroyed is passive, so
	the phrase `destroy car' cannot be used as a describing substitute
	of `car'. For `destroy', `car' is the patient, not the agent.
	Because there is no agent, the clause `destroy car' cannot reduce
	to a described agent as in `red car'.
E:	That's the red car that was stolen.
Tyl-Sjok:	Red and steal DET car.
	The two phrases `red' and `steal' are conjoined by `and'.
	The phrase `steal' is a short form for `person steal',
	which lacks an agent and may be interpreted as
	something like passive voice.
E:	I found the red car that was stolen by your mother.
Tyl-Sjok:	I find red and you mother steal REF car.