6. LOCAL
DOMAIN S
Noun-phrase and Sentence
Siblings of an NP or Sentence
V
P
N N
V
P P
Si Ibarra ay nakipagusap sa sarili.
7. C-COMMAND
An NP/S’s Siblings and their sibling’s S
Children and grandchildren
V
P
N
P
C
N
P
P
P
N N N
V N P
P P P
Lenard saw Sheldon’s movie about him
8. BOUND
VARIABLE S
Interpretation of a pronoun being
V
Bounded by a universal P
quantifier
N
P
C
N
P
P
P
N N N
V N P
P P P
the
Every boy saw his book above
table
9. Sheldon looked at himself.
S
V
P
P
P
N N
V P P
P
Sheldon looked at himself
* A reflexive pronoun must refer to an NP that C-Commands it and is in the same local domain
10. Neil asked Mozzie if the feds asked about him.
S
V
P
N
P P
P
S
V
P
P
P
N V N N N
P P P P V P P
Neil asked
Mozzie if Burke about him
asked
* A nonreflexive pronoun cannot refer to a C-commanding NP within the same local domain.
11. Every boy saw his book on the table.
S
V
P
N
P
P
P
N N
P V N P
P
Every P the
saw his
boy on table
book
* Bound Variable Constraint: A non-reflexive pronoun may be bound to the variable of a
universally quantified NP only if the NP C-Commands the pronoun
12. Nang sabihin niyang walang papasok maliban
kay Basilio, pumasok ang binata.
* A nonpronominal NP cannot co-refer with an NP that C-commands it.
* Maria Clara said to himself that it can
speak in English.
* Two co-referential noun phrases must agree in number, gender, and person.
27. (CNP SEM (?semadj (SET ?semcnp))) (ADJ ATYPE SET-PROPERTY SEM ?semadj) CNP SEM ?semcnp)
<THE f1 ((FORMER (SET(λ a (ARCHITECT a) )) ) f1) >
Logical Form
29. (ADJP SEM λ x (?semadjp x ?semnp)) (ADJP ATYPE COMPARATIVE SEM ?semadjp) (THAN) (NP SEM ?semnp)
(λ x ( (MORE HAPPY-SCALE) x (NAME j1 “Bart”)))
(NAME l1 “Lisa”)
=((MORE HAPPY-SCALE)
(NAME l1 “Lisa”)
(NAME j1 “Bart”))
Logical Form
