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Igor Mel'cuk
A General Inventory of Surface-Syntactic Relations in World Languages Part Two1
A universal list of surface-syntactic relations [SSyntRels] is compiled based on the idea that a SSyntRel r is "the same" in different languages if and only if this r has the same set of core functions in all these languages (just like the nominative in different languages is still a nominative since it is used everywhere for nomination—its core function; its other functions might be different). A few remarks are formulated on the Deep-Syntactic structure: 12 universal deep-syntactic relations are briefly introduced, and a list of 30 fictitious lexemes is presented (they are used in DSyntSs to represent syntactic constructions carrying lexical-type meanings). After a concise characterization of SSyntRels, the paper offers a list of 112 SSyntRels known in world languages: subordinate and coordinate; the subordinate SSyntRels are divided into clause-level and phrase-level SSyntRels, with further subdivision into valence-controlled vs. non-valence-controlled and then into Noun Phrase SSyntRels, Adpositional Phrase SSyntRels, etc.
Keywords: General syntax, dependency syntax, deep-syntactic relations, fictitious lexemes, surface-syntactic relations.
I.2 Phrase-Level SSyntRels: 43-102
I.2.1 The SSyntRel Possible in Any Type of Phrase, Non-Valence-Controlled: 43
43. Restrictive (expresses DSyntRel ATTR; the G is any lexeme, and the D is a particle)
still^restr-taller; [is] still^restr-here; not^restr-here not^restr-me
so-^restr-rich; too-^restr-tired; that^restr-far; boys-restr^only;
not^restr-only^restr-me
[Alan] just^restr-arrived.
Rus. my-restr^ved', ved'^restr-my, my-restr^ze ~ 'but we' (VED' and ZE are clitic particles that express contrast)
© Mel'cuk I., 2016
^ 1. The restrictive SSyntRel is repeatable, but, as far as I can see, only two times; for instance: Y-restr-1
still not—restr-here or Rus. ved'—restr-my-restr^ze ~ 'but as for us'. Is this a violation of Criterion C3 (the ban on limited repeatability) or is it a manifestation of pragmatic constraints? An open question... 2. The linear position of the restrictive particle is controlled by one of its syntactic features («antepos» or «postpos»).
I.2.2 Nominal Phrase SSyntRels: 44-72
I.2.2.1 Valence-Controlled SSyntRels: 44-49
44. Agentive-attributive (expresses DSyntRel I; the G is an N, and the prototypical D is a phrase PREP(pass)—N or an N in an oblique case)
[a] translation-agent-attr—by [McGuire]; objections-agent-attr—by [the minister]
arrival- agent-attr—of [the President]
shooting-agent-attr—of [the hunters: 'the hunters shoot something'; Genitivus Subjectivus]
[a] translation-agent-attr—of [McGuire: 'McGuire translated the piece'; Genitivus Subjectivus]
^ But cf.: [a] translation-patient-attr—of [McGuire: 'Somebody translated a text by McGuire']. However, *a translation of Verlaine of McGuire is ungrammatical; the correct expression is [a] translation of Verlaine by McGuire.
45. Patientive-attributive (expresses DSyntRel II; the G is an N, and
the D is a phrase PREP(attr)—>N or an Ngen)
shooting-patient-attr—of [the hunters: 'the hunters are shot at'; Genitivus Objectivus]
John's description-patient-attr—of [Alan] ~ * Alan's description-agent-attr—of [John] [in the sense of 'John describes Alan'; the correct expression is Alan's description-agent-attr—by John]
rattr tt:--i
I—agent-attr ^ I
Sp. el retrato-patient-attr—de Enrique VIII de Holbein del baron Thyssen
'the portrait of Henry VIII by Holbein owned by Baron Thyssen'
46. Actantial-attributive (expresses DSyntRel I or II, without corresponding to the Subject or the Direct Object; the G is an N, and the D is a phrase PREP(attr)—N or an NGEN)
tons-act-attr—of [debris]; hundreds-act-attr—of [books]
Fr. farine-act-attr^de [maïs] lit. 'flower of corn', effet-act-attr^-de [ses actions] lit. 'effect of his actions'
These three actantial attributive SSyntRels are distinguished from the "simple"—that is, non-actantial—attributive SSyntRel and among themselves because of different placement of their Ds: r attr }
Rus. kuca-act-attr^peska ogromnogo razmera lit. 'pile of.sand of.huge size
vs. *kuca ogromnogo razmera peska
r attr----Ï
Fr. moulin-act-attr^à [café] à [piles] lit. 'grinder for coffee with batteries'
vs. * moulin à piles à café
|—act-attr-^
Fr. pompe-patient-attr^-d'[essence] du [camion] lit. 'pump of gas
of.the truck'
vs. *pompe du camion d'essence
47. Actantial-appositive (expresses DSyntRel II or III; the G is an N, and the prototypical D is an N)
Russian
vesom-[odna]-act-appos^tonnaNOM lit. '[having] weight one ton' [pri] vysote-[odin]-act-appos^-metrNOM lit. 'with height one meter' vesom-act-appos^u [dve tonny] lit. '[having] weight into two tons' [po] cene-[tri]-act-appos^rublja-act-appos^stukaNOM lit. 'at the.price three rubles piece' French
ticket-act-appos^restaurant lit. 'ticket restaurant' = 'meal voucher' espace-act-appos^enfants lit. 'space children'; assurance-act-appos^uie 'life insurance'
début-act-appos^mai lit. 'beginning May'; mai-act-appos^2016 'May [of] 2016'
48. Elective (expresses DSyntRel II; the G is an ADJSUPERL or a NUM, and the D is a PREP^N phrase)
[the] poorest-elect^among [peasants]; [the] best-elect^of (from) [these boys]
[the] most-[intelligent]-elect^of (from) [these boys] one-elect^of [them]; five-elect^of [these books]
^ But: the poorest-elect^of the region's peasants vs.
the poorest-[peasants]-attr^in the region ~ these peasants, the poor-
est-attr^in the region
the best-electro/ national announcers vs.
the best national^modif-announcer ~ the best-[announcer]-attr^of the nation ~ this announcer, the best-attr^of the nation
49. Sequential (does not express a DSyntRel, but links the SSynt-"re-flexes" of DSynt-actants II and III of L; the G is an N, and the D is an N)
man-sequent^machine [interaction-^]; \flightsL] Paris-sequent^ London
English-sequent^German [dictionaryL]; English-sequent^to [German translationL]
I.2.2.2 Valence-Controlled and Non-Valence-Controlled SSyntRels: 50-55
50. Possessive (expresses DSyntRel I, II or ATTR; the G is an N, and the D is an N in the possessive form)
Alan'ssposs-arrival; Alan'ssposs-book
[Last] year'ssposs-wishes [are this] year'ssposs-apologies.
51. Compositive (expresses DSyntRel I, II or a fictitious lexeme; the G is an N, and the D is an N)
manscompos-[-machine]-interaction; carscompos-repair; noun^ compos-phrase
faxs compos-transmissions compos-networks compos-accessscompos-costscompos-optimizationscompos-proposal
y-modif-1
[secure] smartphonescompos-shippingscompos-box
NB: As one sees, a compositive Dependent [shipping] that is the Governor of another compositive Dependent [smartphone] can accept an adjectival modifier [secure]; this is one of the facts preventing the treatment of compositive phrases in English as compound words—otherwise, an internal component (here, shipping) of a presumed compound noun (smartphone shipping box) would have its own modifier outside the compound.
colorscompos-blind
roadscompos-test [a car]; guestscompos-conduct [an orchestra]
52. Absolute-modificative (expresses DSyntRel I—with head-switching and possible omission of the copula verb—and the fictitious lexeme «AFTER», «WHILE» or «WITH»; the G is an N, and the prototypical D is an ADJ, including participles)
[With the Centrall] Bank-abs-modif^refusing [to budge, there were no ruble buyers.]
[Without] me-abs-modif^asking [her, Mary offered me help.] [He went out, his] anger-abs-modif^gone.
[His first] attempt-[a]-abs-modif^failure, [John decided to try again.]
[He went out, (with) his].gun-abs-modif^in [his left hand.]
- Ablativus Absolutus: (11) Latin
a. Ciceron+e-abs-modif^uiu+o [bellum civile Romae erat.] Cicero SG.ABL alive MASC.SG.ABL war civil in.Rome was 'With Cicero alive, there was a civil war in Rome'.
b. Oppid+is-abs-modif-^incens+is [exercitus signa movit.] town PL.ABL set.alight NEU.PL.ABL army standards moved 'With the towns set on fire, the army marched away'.
53. Attributive (expresses DSyntRel ATTR and/or the fictitious lexeme «BE» or «HAVE»; the G is an N, and the prototypical D is a PREP(attr)^N phrase or an NGEN)
years-attr^of [war]; [the] bed-attr^of [Alan]
learners-attr^with [different backgrounds]; dress-attr^of [a beautiful color]
[a] man-attr^of [courage]; [a] man-[the same]-attr^age [a young] man-attr^from [Nantucket]; Detroit-attr^after [dark] [the] most-[expensive car]-attr^in [France] ~ [this car, the] most-[ex-pensive]-attr^in [France]
^ But: [the] most-[expensive]-elect^of [French cars]
[every] path-attr^on [the island]; life-attr^abroad Fr. gâteau-attr^au [chocolat] 'chocolate cake'
- A special use of the attributive SSyntRel:
MY HUSBAND-ATTR^«BE»-II^IDIOT ^ my idiot-attr^of [a husband]
54. Qualifying-attributive (expresses DSyntRel ATTR; the G is an
N, and the prototypical D is a PREP(attr)^N phrase, where the N is non-definite—that is, has no article)
French (and a number of other languages—Romance languages, in the first place) necessitates a special qualifying-attributive SSyntRel. French
carnet-qualif-attr^d '[étudiant] 'student gradebook' course-qualif-attr^à [obstacles] 'obstacle race' tronc-qualif-attr^d'[arbre] 'tree trunk' vs. tronc-act-attr^de [l'arbre] 'trunk of the tree'
roue-qualif-attr^de [vélo] 'bicycle wheel' vs. roue-act-attr^du [vélo] 'wheel of the bicycle'
robe-qualif-attr^de [mariée] 'wedding dress' vs. robe-attr^de [la mariée] 'dress of the bride' ^ Cf. un carnet-quàlif-attr^d'étudiantpérimé 'a student grade book out of date' vs. un carnet-[périmé]-attr^de l'étudiant 'the student's grade book out of date'.
55. Descriptive-attributive (expresses DSyntRel ATTRdescr and a fictitious lexeme, for instance, «BE_FROM»; the G is an N, and the prototypical D is a PREP(loc)^N phrase or an N)
[.Professor] Wanner,-descr-attr ^/rom [Stuttgart, was also present.]
^ But: [a] professor-attr^from, [Stuttgart was also present.] [Professor] Wanner,--descr-attr^Stuttgart, [was also present.]
The semantic contrast between restrictive and non-restrictive (= descriptive, or qualifying) modifiers is well known: a restrictive modifier restricts a set of possible referents of the governor to a narrower subset ('the dogs that are healthy' is a subset of 'dogs'), while a descriptive modifier expresses an additional characterization of the elements of the same set ('these dogs, which are healthy' is the same set as 'these dogs').
It is worthwhile to indicate the following proportionalities (Mel'cuk & Pertsov 1987: 152):
modif : descr-modif : modif-circum = attrib : descr-attrib : attrib-circum = appos : descr-appos : appos-circum
I.2.2.3 Non-Valence-Controlled SSyntRels: 56-72
56. Determinative (expresses DSyntRel ATTR; the G is an N, and the D is a determiner)
a—determ-bed; those—determ-beds; my—determ-bed
57. Quantitative (expresses DSyntRel ATTR; the G is an N, and the
D is a NUM(quant))
three—quant-beds; [three—num-junct-]thousand—quant-people
^ But: thousands-attr^of-prepositional^peopfe (here THOUSAND is an N)
58. Approximate-quantitative (expresses the fictitious lexeme «MAYBE»; the G is an N, and the D is a NUM(quant))
(12) Russian
a. knig-approx-quant—dvadcat' 'maybe twenty books' ~ dvadcat'—quant-knig 'twenty books'
b. knig-[na]-approx-quant—dvadcat' 'maybe for twenty books' ~ [na] dvadcat'—quant-knig 'for twenty books'
59. Ordinal (expresses DSyntRel ATTR; the G is an N, and the D is an
ADJ(ordin))
[the] third—ord-rank; [on the hundred forty-] third—ord-day
60. Approximate-ordinal (expresses the fictitious lexeme «MAYBE»; the G is an N, and the D is an ADJ(ordin))
(13) Russian
den'-[na]-approx-ordysestoj lit. 'day on sixth' = 'maybe on the sixth day' ~
[na] sestoj^ord-den' 'on the sixth day'
61. Modificative (expresses DSyntRel ATTR; the G is an N, and the D is an ADJ)
comfortable^modif-beds; visible^modif-stars; French-^modif-
production
nothing-modifyinteresting; [a] house-modifyablaze secretary-modifygeneral, notary-modifypublic; God-modify Almighty, knight-modify errant
NB: These examples represent phraseologized phrases, namely collocations. Fr. dernier^modif-jour 'last day'; message-modifyinattendu 'unexpected message'
Fr. personne-modifycurieusel 'curious/indiscreet person' Fr. curieuse2^modif-personne 'strange/bizarre person' Fr. Jugement-modifyDernier 'Last Judgment', Rus. papa-modify rimskij lit. 'Pope Roman' NB: The modificative SSyntRel covers the most typical and semantically neutral adjectival modification in language L. The position of the ADJ with respect to the N it modifies is controlled by general syntactic rules of L, the type of the ADJ (anteposed/postposed), the type of the N (e.g., a "genuine" N vs. a pronoun), the phraseological character of the ADJ, etc. However, in some cases, the position of the ADJ expresses a meaning, thus creating a different SSyntRel, which semantically contrasts with the modificative SSyntRel,—the special-modificative SSyntRel.
62. Special-modificative (expresses DSyntRel ATTR plus a semantic addition; the G is an N, and the D is an ADJ)
[All] stars-spec-modifyvisible [are named after famous astronomers.] vs. [All] visible^modif-stars [are named after famous astronomers.] [Every] cent-spec-modify available was put into the project.] vs. [Every] available^modif-cent [was put into the project.]
In English, special-modifying adjectives (they are postposed) express "ephemeral," temporary properties; in French, special-modifying adjectives (they are anteposed) express subjective, emotional evaluation; in Russian, special-modifying adjectives (postposed) express terminological—rather than qualifying—character of the expression; etc.
63. Descriptive-modificative (expresses DSyntRel ATTRdescr; the G is an N, and the D is an ADJ)
[these] beds,-descr-modifycomfortable [and not expensive], ...
64. Relative (expresses DSyntRel ATTR; the G is an N, and the D is a VFIN, the head of a relative clause)
[the] paper-[that I]-rel—read [yesterday]; [the] paper-[I]-rel—read [yesterday]
the girl-[who]-rel—came [first]
[the] country-[whereI]-rel—could [live]; [the] country-[I]-rel—could
[live-obl-obj—in]
Spanish
[¡Lo] hermosas-[que]-rel—son [esas chicas!] lit. 'The beautiful which are these girls!' = 'How beautiful are these girls!'
65. Descriptive-relative (expresses DSyntRel ATTRdescr; the G is an
N, and the D is a VFIN)
[this] paper,-[which I]-descr-rel—read [yesterday, ...] Alan,-[who]-descr-rel—loves [her so much, should return.]
66. WH-relative (expresses DSyntRel ATTR; the G is a PRON(rel), and the D is a VFIN from a small lexical set)
|— obl-obj - -+
[He disappeared God] knows-WH-rel-where.
I— dir-ob j---^
[He does you will-WH-rel-[never guess]-what.
67. Qualifying-appositive (expresses the fictitious lexeme «BE»: G-ATTR—«be»-II—D; the G is an N(prop), and the prototypical D is an ADJ)
Peter-[the]-qual-appos—Great; Nicholas-qual-appos—II Rus. Petr-qual-appos—Pervyj lit. 'Peter First'
^ But: pervyj—ordin-Petr lit. '[the] first Peter', because here the ordinal ADJ specifies one of several Petrs.
68. Identifying-appositive (expresses the fictitious lexeme «BE»: G-ATTR—«be»-II—D; the G is an N, and the prototypical D is an N)
[the] term-ident-appos—"suffix"
[the Polish] word-ident-appos—CIASTKO
69. Descriptive-appositive (expresses the fictitious lexeme «BE»: G-ATTRdescr—«BE»-II—D. The G is an N, and the D is an N)
[This] term-descr-appos—("suffix") [will be considered later.] John,-[aprofessional]-descr-appos—vet, [came over.] [You forget about] me,-[your]-descr-appos—mother. [The sales totaled] $10, 000,-descr-appos—down [from June.]
70. Title-appositive (expresses the fictitious lexeme «TITLE»: G-ATTR—«TITLE»-II—D; the G is an N, and the D is an N denoting a title)
General—title-appos-Wanner vs. Wanner,-[a]-descr-appos—general in the Catalan army,...
Mother—title-appos-Teresavs. Teresa,-[your]-descr-appos—mother, ... Father—title-appos-Patrick; Sir—title-appos-Nicholas
^ Cf. General—title-appos-Wanner,-[the]-descr-appos—commander
[of 32nd Catalan division]
71. Naming-appositive (expresses the fictitious lexeme «NAME»: G-ATTR—«NAME»-II—D; the G is an N, and the D is an N(prop) or of N(prop))
[the] Gobi—naming-appos-desert; [the] Volga—naming-appos-river [the] Vancouver—naming-appos-island
[the heavy] cruiser-naming-appos—"Saratoga"; [the] J7SS-naming-appos—Enterprise Lake-naming-appos—Erie [the] river-naming-appos—Thames [the] island-naming-appos—of [Madagascar] NB: The choice of the linear position for the proper name in cases such as the Volga river vs. the river Thames or the Vancouver island vs. the island of Madagascar is done according to the syntactic features of the proper name. [the] town-naming-appos—of [Mount-Royal]
equation-naming-appos—(23); Section-naming-appos—B; World War-naming-appos—II
^ But: Nicholas-qual-appos—II (No. 67), since here "II" is not the name of Nicholas.
72. Reduplicative (expresses a fictitious lexeme depending on the language; subordinates a reduplicate of L to L)
Resolutions,-redupl—schmesolutions: the fictious lexeme is «DERISION»
Hindi do-redupl—do [larke] lit. 'two two boys' = 'two boys at a time': the fictitious lexeme is «DISTRIBUTIVE»
Hindi roz-redupl—roz lit. 'day day' = 'every day': the fictitious lexeme is «EVERY»
73. Adnominal-linking (has no correspondence in the DSyntS, but is introduced by DSynt-to-SSynt-rules; the G is an N, and the D is a linker - a clause element that is used to introduce postposed modifiers and attributes of various types; as a rule, a linker agrees with its G)
(14) Albanian
- The linker introduces an ADJ:
sistem(masc)+0 +0-adnom-link—i[—modif-->mire]
system SG.NOM NON-DEF SG.NOM.NON-DEF good
'a.system good' = 'a good system'
sistem(masc)+ e + 0-adnom-linkytè'[—modif—>mirë]
system PL.NOM NON-DEF PL.NOM.NON-DEF good
'systems good'
sistem(masc)+ 0 + i—adnom-linky i[—modify mirë]
system SG.NOM DEF SG.NOM.DEF good
'the.system good'
sistem(masc)+ e +1—adnom-linky e [-modify mirë]
system PL.NOM DEF PL.NOM.DEF good
'the.systems good'
- The linker introduces a genitive N:
sisfem(masc)+ 0 + 0-adnom-linky i[—attr-> edukim+i +1]
system SG.NOM NON-DEF SG.NOM.NON-DEF education SG.GEN DEF
'a.system of.the.education'
sisfem(masc)+e + 0-adnom-linkytè'[-attr-> edukim+i + t]
system PL.NOM NON-DEF PL.NOM.NON-DEF education SG.GEN DEF
'systems of.the.education'
sisfem(masc)+0 + i—adnom-linky i[—attry edukim+i +t]
system SG.NOM DEF SG.NOM.DEF education SG.GEN DEF
'the.system of.the.education'
sistem(masc) +e +1—adnom-linkye[—attry edukim+ i + t]
system PL.NOM DEF PL.NOM.DEF education SG.GEN DEF
'the.systems of.the.education'
I.2.3 Adpositional Phrase SSyntRels, Valence-controlled: 74-75
74. Prepositional-completive (expresses DSyntRel II; the G is a PREP, and the prototypical D is an N)
in-prepos-complybed; without-[three hundred]-prepos-comply dollars
to-prepos-complygo to-prepos-complybed
[Do you ever do anything] besides-prepos-complyoffer [your apologies?]
Fr. sans-prepos-complyparler 'without to.speak' = 'without speaking' Fr. [permettre] de-prepos-complypartir 'allow to leave' Fr. [aider] à-prepos-complypartir 'help to leave' [The iota operator is different] in-prepos-comply that [its interpretation depends on the context.]
Given-[this]-prepos-complypostulate, [what are the allowable values for the velocity?] NB: Here, GIVEN is a preposition.
Fr. [Il faut battre le fer] pendant-prepos-complyqu'[il est chaud] lit. 'You have to.strike the iron while that it is hot'.
Sp. [El hecho] de-prepos-compl—que ["gordo"funciona como un nombre no afecta] a-prepos-compl—si [es fraseologizado] lit. 'The fact of that "gordo" functions as a noun does not affect to whether [it] is phraseologized'.
75. Postpositional-completive (expresses DSyntRel II; the G is a
postposition, and the D is an N)
[ten] centuries—postpos-compl-ago [a few] years—postpos-compl-back
[the whole] month—postpos-compl-through
[The motion passed, our] objection—postpos-compl-notwithstanding. (15) Hungarian
a. a szoba+n—postpos-compl-kivul 'outside the room' the room SUPERESS(ive) outside
b. anya+ 0—postpos-compl-szerint 'according to Mother' Mother NOM(inative) according
Hungarian does not have prepositions, only postpositions.
I.2.4 Verbal Phrase (= Analytical Form) SSyntRels, Non-Valence-Controlled: 76-85
Analytical SSyntRels are needed to describe analytical forms, of the type [He] has—written, [He] was—writing, [It] was—written, or more— intelligent, least—intelligent, etc. Since at the DSynt-level, an inflectional form of a lexeme is always represented by one node, the analytical SSyntRels do not correspond to any DSyntRels.
An analytical form consists minimally of a lexical part, or a full lexeme (WRITE, intelligent), and an auxiliary part, or a grammatical lexeme, which serves as the marker of the corresponding grammeme (HAVE: expresses perfect; BE: expresses progressive or passive; MORE: expresses comparative; MOST: expresses superlative).
There are two major types of analytical forms:
1) The full lexeme is the governor, while the auxiliary lexeme—the grammeme marker—is a (mostly invariant) particle, syntactically depending on it: more—intelligent, most—intelligent. For the SSyntRels describing this type of construction, since its dependent is a grammatical marker, the general name marker-analytical can be proposed.
2) The auxiliary lexeme—the grammeme marker—is the syntactic governor of the full lexeme; in all such cases known to me the auxiliary lexeme is the Main Verb of the clause, while the lexical verb, which depends on it, is in one of its non-finite forms: an infinitive, a participle, a converb, etc., as in has—written, etc. The SSyntRels that describe these analytical forms can be generally called lexical-analytical, since their dependent member is a full lexeme.
Let us now consider the two families of analytical SSyntRels in more detail.
Marker-analytical SSyntRels. If in a language L analytical markers are used only with lexemes of one part of speech, this construction can be naturally described by one SSyntRel, which will be simply marker-analytical. But if L uses such markers with two or three parts of speech, for instance, verbs, nouns, and adjectives, these constructions do not have a prototypical dependent and different SSyntRels are needed: verb-marker-analytical, noun-marker-analytical, and adjective-marker-analytical. The first one links the analytical tense-aspect-voice markers to verbs, the second—the analytical number-case markers to nouns, and the third—the analytical degree markers to adjectives. Such a situation obtains in Polynesian languages: (16) Maori
a. kei.tey verb-mark-analyt-moe 'be sleeping'
kuay verb-mark-analyt-moe 'have slept' iy verb-mark-analyt-moe 'slept' [MOE means 'sleep']
b. Kua moe te tamaiti 'The child has slept'. PERF sleep the child
Kua whakareri te tamaiti i-^noun-mark-analyt-[te]-rama PERF prepare the child ACC the torch
'The child has prepared the torch'.
Kua moe+ a te tamaiti e-^noun-mark-analyt- [te]-nanakia PERF sleep PASS the child INSTR the monster
lit. 'Has been.slept.with the child by the monster'. = 'The monster has taken the child as wife'.
c. pai ~pai-adj-mark-analyty atu ~pai-adj-mark-analyty rawa
more most
Thus, in this family we can expect three SSyntRels plus an additional one for a special case of a verbal analytical marker in Romance languages: 76-79.
76. Verb-marker-analytical
- The marker of the future tense:
Bulg. pisa ~ steyverb-mark-analyt-pisa 'I will write'
I.write will I.write
pises ~ steyverb-mark-analyt-pises 'you will write' you.write will you.write
- The marker of the conditional-subjunctive mood:
Rus. pisal-verb-mark-analytyby 'would/should write'
wrote
- The marker of the imperative mood:
Russian
Puskaj/Pust'yverb-mark-analyt-[on]-ujdet!
lit. 'That he goes!' = 'Let him go!'
Hawaiian
E—verb-mark-analyt-hele 'oe i ke kula!
lit. 'Let go you to the school!' = 'Go to school!'
E—verb-mark-analyt-hele kakou i ke kula!
lit. 'Let go we to the school!' = 'Let's go to school!'
E—verb-mark-analyt-hele ia i ke kula!
lit. 'Let go he to the school!' = 'Let him go to school!'
- The marker of the reflexive:2
Fr. se—-verb-mark-refl-dir-analyt-laver 'wash oneself oneself wash-INF
- The marker of the "gérondif'- that is, of the converb
Fr. en—verb-mark-analyt-lavant ~ '[while] washing'
wash-PRES.PART(iciple)
- A separable derivational/inflectional prefix:
Ger. Er macht-[die Tttr]-verb-analyt-mark— auf
he makes the door up
'He opens [lit. 'makes up'] the door'. Hung. El+utazott [Pârizsba]
'[S/he] travelled to.Paris' vs.
[Nem] utazott-verb-analyt-mark—el Pârizsba
'[S/he] did.not travel to.Paris'.3
- An idiomatic verbal adjunct: rput-verb-mark-analyt—up1 [for the night]; rbring-verb-mark-analyt—down1
^ But: climb-circum—up, run-circum—away, etc. Cf.: Up he climbed! vs. *Up he put me!
77. Verb-marker-indirect-reflexive-analytical
Fr. se—■verb-mark-indir-refl-analyt-lauer [les mains] to.oneself wash-INF
'wash one's hands' lit. 'to.oneself wash the hands' It. Si—verb-mark-indir-refl-analyt—asciuga [la faccia] to.oneself dries
'[He] dries his face'. lit. 'To.himself [he] dries the face'. Bulg. Po cjal den si—verb-mark-indir-refl-analyt- vali during whole day to.oneself rains
'It is raining nonstop the whole day'.
78. Noun-marker-analytical
Tagalog
- The nominal plural marker MGA /maqa/:
mga—noun-mark-analyt-aklat; mga—noun-mark-analyt-anak
PL book PL child
79. Adjective-marker-analytical lessyadj-mark-analyt-intelligent [than his brother] asyadj-mark-analyt-intelligent [as his brother]
Lexical-analytical SSyntRels. In this family, the auxiliary verb— in "cooperation" with the inflectional form of the lexical verb—in principle expresses all verbal semantic grammemes: voice, aspect, tense, polarity, etc.
80. Passive-analytical was-pass-analytywritten
81. Perfective-analytical has-perf-analytywritten Serb. sam-perf-analytypisao
lit. 'am having.written' = 'I have written'
(17) Swahili
ni +li + kuwa-perf-analytyni + me + soma 'I had read'.
1.SG PAST be 1.SG PERF read lit. 'I.was I.have.read'.
82. Progressive-analytical was-progr-analyty writing
(18) Swahili
ni +li + kuwa-progr-analytyni +ki + soma 'I was reading'. 1.SG PAST be 1.SG SIMULT read lit. 'I.was I.read'.
83. Preterit-analytical
Catalan
vaig-pret-analytymanjar lit. 'I.go eat'. = 'I ate'.
84. Future-analytical will-fut-analytywrite
Sp. Van-fut-analytya [escribir] 'They.are.going to write'. Rus. [Ja] budu-fut-analytypisat' 'I will write'. Serb. (i) [Ja] cu-fut-analyt ypisati 'I will write'. =
(ii) [Ja] cu-fut-analyty da [-subord-conj-complypisem] 'I will write' = lit. 'I will that I.write'
(iii) Pisayfut-analyt-cu (^ pisati cu) lit. 'write I.will'
85. Assertive/negative-analytical
This SSyntRel appears as assertive, for instance, in English and as negative, for instance, in Finnish. He does-assert-analyty understand. He does-[not]-assert-analytyunderstand.
(19) Finnish, the verb ANNA- 'give'
anna + 0 + n 'I.give' PRES 1.SG
~ e + n—neg-analyty anna+ 0 'I.don't give'.
don't 1.SG PRES
anno+i + t 'you.gave' PAST 2.SG
~ e + t—neg-analyt^anta+ nut 'you.didn't give'
don't 2.SG PAST.PARTICIPLE
anta+isi + 0 'he.would.give' IRREAL 3.SG
~ ei + 0-neg-analyty anta+isi 'he.wouldn't have.given'
don't 3.SG IRREAL
I.2.5 Conjunctional-completive Phrase SSyntRels, Valence-controlled: 86-96
86. Subordinate-conjunctional-completive (expresses DSyntRel II; the G is a CONJ(subord), and the prototypical D is a VFiN)
[I'll never be the same] since-[he]-subord-conj-complycame [into my life.]
[Even] if-subord-conj-complydrunk, Alan was elegant. [Obama's voting record] while-subord-conj-complysenator [made him the most liberal person in Congress.]
For empty complementizers (such as THAT, Fr. QUE 'that', etc.), which do not appear in the DSyntS, the subord-conj-compl SSyntRel is postulated by analogy:
[Suppose] that-[Alan]-subord-conj-complycomes.
87. Subordinate-conjunctional-infinitival-completive (expresses DSyntRel II; the G is a CONJ(subord-inf), and the D is a TO—>Vinf phrase)
r so asn-[not]-subord-conj-inf-complyto [irritate Leo] r as if 1-subord-conj-inf-comply to [show his support] r in order1 -subord-conj-inf-comply to [avoid irritating Leo]
These subordinate conjunctions cannot introduce a completive THAT-clause.
88. Coordinate-conjunctional-completive (expresses DSyntRel II; the G is a CONJ(coord), and the prototypical D is a lexeme of the same part of speech as the G of the CONJ(coord))
[Alan] and-coord-conj-comply Helen [Alan,] but-[not]-coord-conj-complyHelen
[Do you have a place for us] or-[we]-coord-conj-complymust [leave now?]
89. Comparative-conjunctional-completive (expresses DSyntRel II; the G is a CONJ(compar), and the prototypical D is an N) than-compar-conj-compl—Helen
[more] than-[Vanya]-compar-conj-compl—does as-compar-conj-compl—always
[We are never as unhappy] as-compar-conj-compl—when [we lose love.]
In Russian, the morphological case of a nominal comparate (= what the comparand is being compared with) depends on the case of the comparand, while there is no direct syntactic link between the two. As a result, Russian requires five comparative SSyntRels. Each of these results from the ellipsis of a DSynt-configuration where the semantic relations are explicitly shown. Thus, for No. 90, we have the DSynt-configurations ... SIL'NYJC0MPAR-II—LJUBIT'-I—VANJA, i.e. 'more than Vanya loves' and KAK-II—LJUBIT'-I—VANJA, i.e. 'like Vanya loves'. NB: The same situation obtains in any language that has nominal case, such as other Slavic languages, German, Hungarian, Finnish, etc.
90. Subject-comparative-conjunctional-completive
[OnN0M ljubit LenuACC sil'nee,] cem-subj-compar-conj-compl— VanjaNOM
'He loves Lena more than Vanya does'.
[OnN0M ljubit LenuACC,] kak-subj-compar-conj-compl—VanjaN0M 'He loves Lena like Vanya does'.
91. Direct-object-comparative-conjunctional-completive
[OnN0M ljubit LenuACC sil'nee,] cem-dir-obj-compar-conj-compl—
VanjuMACC
'He loves Lena more than he does Vanya'.
[OnN0M ljubit LenuACC,] kak-dir-obj-compar-conj-compl—VanjuACC
'He loves Lena like he does Vanya'.
92. Indirect-object-comparative-conjunctional-completive
[EmuDAT dostalos' bol'se,] nezeli-indir-obj-compar-conj-compl— VaneDAT
lit.To.him [it] got more than to.Vanya'.
[Ja tebeDAT verju,] kak-indir-obj-compar-conj-compl—VaneDAT 'I believe you as I believe Vanya'.
93. Oblique-object-comparative-conjunctional-completive
[On privjazan k Mase bol'se,] nezeli-obl-obj-compar-conj-compl— k [Vane]
'He is.attached to Masha more than to Vanya'.
94. Circumstantial-comparative-conjunctional-completive
The SSyntRel No. 94 is not valence-controlled; it is placed in this subsection by analogy.
[Teper' oni zivut lucse,] cem-circum-compar-conj-complyv [Kazani] 'Now they live better than [they lived] in Kazan'.
95. Absolute-conjunctional-completive (expresses DSyntRel II; the G is a CONJ(subord, abs), and the D is an N)
This SSyntRel subordinates an absolute construction.
Fr. vUne fois1 -[le]-abs-conj-comply bateau[-abs-modifyredresse,
stabilisez-le]
'Once the boat [is] straightened up, stabilize it'.
96. Elliptic-absolute-conjunctional-completive (expresses DSyntRel II; the G is a CONJ(subord, ellipt-abs), and the prototypical D is an ADJ) [The baby,] if-ellipt-abs-conj-complyyoung enough to be easily controlled, need not be regularly dressed.
f-[a]-ellipt-abs-conj-complypronoun, [the grammatical subject may ...] while-ellipt-abs-conj-complyin [bed]; once-ellipt-abs-conj-complyhere
I.2.6 Word-Like Phrase SSyntRels, Non-Valence-control-led:97-103
97. Numeral-junctive (has no correspondence in the DSyntS, where a compound numeral is represented by one node, but is introduced by DSynt-to-SSynt-structure rules; the G is a NUM/ADJ(ordin), and the D is a NUM(quant))
twoynum-junct-hundredynum-junct-fiftyynum-junct-three; fiftyynum-junct-third
- The lexeme AND (and its equivalents in other languages) in compound numerals is not a CONJ(coord):
twoynum-junct-hundredynum-junct-andynum-junct-three oneynum-junct-hundredynum-junct-andynum-junct-third Ger. dreiynum-junct-junct-undynum-junct-vierzigster [Band] lit. 'three and fortieth volume [of a periodical]' = 'forty-third volume' ^ But: three—>and-[five]-coord-conjysixths '3' ([one] SIXTH, as all fractions, is an N); here, AND is a coordinate conjunction.
98. Name-junctive-1 (has no correspondence in the DSyntS, where a compound human name is represented by one node, but is introduced by DSynt-to-SSynt-structure rules; the G is an N(prop, hum, first_name), and
the D is a N(prop, hum, second_name))
99. Name-junctive-2 (has no correspondence in the DSyntS, where a compound human name is represented by one node, but is introduced by DSynt-to-SSynt-structure rules; the G is an N(prop, hum, first_name), and
the D is a N(prop, hum, last_name))
I-name-junct-2-^
Sp. Margarita-name-junct-1—Alonso Ramos
I-name-junct-2-^
Rus. Igor -name-junct-1— Aleksandrovic mel'cuk
100. Colligative (has no correspondence in the DSyntS, but is introduced by DSynt-to-SSynt-structure rules; the G is a PARTPASS, and the D is a stranded PREP)
[is] operated-collig—upon
[John was] done-[away]-collig—with.
^ But: [the] problem (which) we deal-obl-obj—with in Chapter 7; here, the complement of the preposition WITH is the relative pronoun WHICH, which can be omitted on the surface.
101. Correlative (has no correspondence in the DSyntS, but is introduced by DSynt-to-SSynt-structure rules; the G is a PR0N(demonstr), and the D is a complementizer or a VFIN)
[Mary has] such-[beautiful eyes]-correl—that [she got a job as a makeup model.]
[Mary was] so-[tired]-correl—that [she could not eat.] Ger. darauf-[beharren,]-correl—dass [wir zu dieser Frage konsultiert werden] lit. 'on.that insist that we on this question consulted are' = 'insist that we (should) be consulted on this issue' Russian
[Vernemsja k] tomu,-[o cem my]-correl—govorili
lit. 'Let's.return to that about what we were.talking'.
[Pogovori s] temi,-[komu ty]-correl—posylal [pis'mo]
lit. 'Talk to those to.whom you have.sent the.letter'.
nastol'ko-[prosce, naskol'ko eto]-correl—bylo [vozmozno]
lit. 'so simpler as.much.as it was possible' = 'simpler to the extent that
it was possible'
102. Intraphrasemic (has no correspondence in the DSyntS, but is introduced by DSynt-to-SSynt-structure rules; describes idioms and syntactic phrasemes in which each component, except the first one, follows his predecessor immediately and is invariant)
rkingdom-intraphras—come1; rby-intraphras— far1; ras-intraphras—yet1; ras-intraphras—if 1; ras-intraphras—of-intraphras—yet1 [for] reach-intraphras—other1
Rus. Zavtra,-intraphrasytak-intraphrasyzavtra lit. 'Tomorow, so tomorrow'. =
'I don't care whether this is tomorrow or not' (a syntactic phraseme: X, TAK X, which expresses a fictitious lexeme; see the NB on page 79, Part One, 2.2).
103. Pronominal-junctive (corresponds to a subtree of the DSyntS, expressing a DSynt-to-SSynt-ellipsis; the G is a WH-pronoun, and the D is a VFIN)
[John lives] God knowsypron-junct-where.
[John escaped you] wouldypron-junct-[never guess]-how.
II Coordinate Surface-Syntactic Relations: 104-112
104. Coordinative (expresses DSyntRel COORD; the G is a lexeme of any part of speech, and the prototypical D is a lexeme of the same part of speech as G)
John,--coordyMary,--coordyPete fast,-coordygently,-coordy skillfully
John,-coordy and[-coord-conjyMary]; fast,-coordybut [gently] John was-[reading,]-coordyand-[Mary patiently]-coord-conjy waited.]
three-coordy(or) four [times a year]
Fr. trois,-coordy(ou) quatre [fois par année]
105. Elliptical-coordinative (expresses DSyntRel COORD; the G is a
lexeme of any part of speech, and the prototypical D is also a lexeme of any part of speech)
[He] works-[a lot,]-ellipt-coordy but [only at night.] [He eats] vegetables,-[however, not]-ellipt-coordyboiled, [but fried.] Russian has a special coordinate construction, in which different actants and circumstantials of a verb—if they are all expressed by interrogative or negative pronouns—are conjoined by the conjunction I 'and', although they must be in different grammatical cases: Rus. Kto, kogo, komu i kak poslal? lit. 'WhoNOM, whomACc, to.whomDAT and how sent?' or Nikogo, nikto i nicem ne kormil lit. 'NobodyACC, nobodyNOM and with.nothingINSTR fed'. To properly specify the cases of these actants, Russian needs five more coordinative SSyntRels (at the DSynt-level, this construction is described by actantial DSyntRels linking the Main Verb to each actant and without the conjunction I 'and'):
106. Subject-coordinative
Rus. Nikogo,-subj-coord—nikto [i nicem ne kormil] lit. 'NobodyACC, nobodyN0M and with.nothing not fed'. = 'Nobody fed anybody with anything'.
107. Direct-object-coordinative
Rus. Kto,-dir-obj-coord—kogo [i komuposlal?] lit. 'Who, whom and to.whom sent?'
108. Indirect-object-coordinative
Rus. Kto,-indir-obj-coord—komu [i kogo poslal?] lit. 'Who, to.whom and whom sent?'
109. Oblique-object-coordinative
Rus. Kto,-obl-obj-coord—cem [i kogo kormil?] lit. 'Who, with.what and whom fed?'
110. Circumstantial-coordinative
Rus. Kto,-dir-obj-coord—kogo,-indir-obj-coord—komu-circum-
coord—i kak [poslal?]
lit. 'Who, whom, to.whom and how sent?'
111. Pseudo-coordinative (expresses DSyntRel PSEUDO-COORD) The pseudo-coordinative SSyntRel resembles normal coordination only in its formal aspect: the D follows the G, has the same form, and carries the enumeration prosody; but a coordinate conjunction in this construction is, impossible. Semantically, the pseudo-coordinative D adds, roughly speaking, a more detailed characterization to its G. in-[Siberia,]-pseudo-coord—on-[the Ob shore, not]-pseudo-coord— far from Novosibirsk
[six] dollars-[80]-pseudo-coord—cents
tomorrow-pseudo-coord—night
Monday-[next]-pseudo-coord—week
from-fifty]-pseudo-coord—to [seventypounds]
[Responses ranged] from-[the indifferent]-pseudo-coord—to-[the sur-
ly]-pseudo-coord—to [the down-right obscene.]
out_of-[political limbo]-pseudo-coord—towards [the bright lights of liberty]
I-pseudo-coord-~
Saturday-pseudo-coord—night, at [a quarter to eleven] Saturday,-pseudo-coord—at-[night,]-pseudo-coord—after-[din-ner,]-pseudo-coord—at [a quarter to eleven]
[He had] everything-[:]-pseudo-coord—family, [friends, good health.] [Such are all voiced] consonants-[, in particular]-pseudo--coord—/b/.
Pseudo-coordinative dependents, or pseudo-conjuncts, are prominent in Korean (SUBJ is the subjective case, which marks the Subject and the Subject's pseudo-conjuncts; Mel'cuk 2015a):
(20) a. Kay+ eykey John+ i-pseudo-coordy son + i
dog DAT SUBJ hand SUBJ
mul+li + ess + ta
bite PASS PAST DECLAR(ative)
lit. 'By.dog John hand was.bitten'. = 'John was bitten by the dog on the hand'. b. Kay+ ka John+ il-pseudo-coordy son+ il
dog SUBJ ACC hand ACC
mul+ 0 + ess + ta bite ACT PAST DECL
lit. 'Dog John hand bit'. = 'The dog bit John on the hand'.
The pseudo-coordinative SSyntRel is used to describe the verb series (Haspelmath 2015):
(21) a. Ewe
ku-[tsi]—pseudo-coordy kli qku.me
2.SG.scoop water wash face
'Scoop some water and wash your face'. b. Paamese (Oceanic) Ma+ kuri + ko—pseudo-coordylo + va + haa
1.SG IMMED.take 2.SG 1.DU.INCL IMMED go
'I'll take you with me'. = lit. 'I'll.take.you me.and.you.will.go'.
There is an interesting particular case of the verb series: Russian double verbs (Vajs 2000), which can also be described by means of the pseudo-coordinative SSyntRel:
(22) Russian
[Ona] sidit-pseudo-coordyxoxocet lit. '[She] is.sitting is.laughing. uproariously'.
[Oni] xodjat-pseudo-coordypobirajutsja lit. '[They] are.walking. around are.begging'.
Davaj-pseudo-coordyes' lit. 'GiveIMPER eatIMPER!' [reinforced incitement]
112. Explanatory-coordinative (expresses DSyntRel PSEUDO-COORD; the G is a VFIN, and the D is another VFIN having the PRON(rel) WHICH as its Subject)
[Mary] gave-[me a smile, which]-explan-coordy was [nice.] [Smoking] is-[harmful, which]-explan-coordy is [well known.]
An important remark: Binary Conjunctions and Similar Expressions
For readers who are well acquainted with the dependency syntactic descriptions carried out in the Meaning-Text framework the following updating seems to be in order. I have to correct error that has been committed for many years; it concerns the binary conjunctions and a motley set of expression similar to them.
Binary conjunctions are also known as correlative coordinators/ subordinators (Quirk et al. 1991: 935-941, 999-1001). The typical examples include:
• Binary coordinating conjunctions: BOTH ... AND and EITHER ... OR.
• Binary subordinating conjunctions: IF ... THEN, rNO SOONER1 ... THAN and rTHE... THE1.
The surface-syntactic description of these conjunctions was considered, within the Meaning-Text approach, to be as follows: both components of a binary conjunction are directly linked by a special—binary-junctive—SSyntRel; this description is found in numerous previous publications. (In the present context it is irrelevant what is the orientation of this dependency—in different cases it can be oriented differently, mainly from the obligatory component to the omissible one.) For instance:
"Traditional" representation
y- bin-junct-1
(21) a. I liked both the movie^and^the play.
,-bin-junct-y
b. If you get good grades, then you will get into a good college.
However, it has become obvious that the presumed binary-junc-tive SSyntRel does not satisfy Criterion A for the presence of syntactic dependency between two lexemes in a given utterance (Mel'cuk 2015b: 412-417): lexemes L1 and L2 linked by a direct syntactic dependency must form or be able to form a phrase (under specific conditions), and this is not the case with binary conjunctions. Therefore, the binary-junc-tive SSyntRel must be rejected (= excluded from the general inventory of SSyntRels). I cannot explain in detail the newly adopted description of binary conjunctions and similar expressions, and I will limit myself to an illustration: the representation of the binary subordinating conjunction rTHE ... THE1 in the Deep- and the Surface-Syntactic Structure of sentence (22).
The idiomatic conjunction rTHE ... THE is—as all idioms—expanded in the SSyntS: one of its components, THE3, functions as a genuine surface subordinating conjunction, which introduces the subordinate clause John tried harder; the other component, THE2, appears as a particle modifying the comparative adverb depending on the top node of the sentence.
(22) The harder John tried, the more Mary ignored him.
DSyntS SSyntS
MORE IGNORE,™ PAST MORE IGNORE^ PAST
O-t-AITR -0-. ' O^tircum-O
f vVATTR / f O-circumstantial
I II ,\'THE ...THE1 restrictive subject (liro[\
0 0 0 ~ / / jectlval >3THE3
MARY JOHN / * \ sub'ord-conjunct
\ TDV THE2 MARY HE I
0 ik-1 jn^ past 0
/ \
-if V
1 att subjectival circumstantial
/ \ * \
0 0 0 0
JOHN HARDCOMPAR JOHN HARDcompar
The binary-junctive SSyntRel proscribed, the surface-syntactic structures of the sentences in (21) are as follows: "Modern" representation
(23) a. I liked both—restrictive-[the]-movie—and—the play.
w- circumstancial -1
b. ff-[you]—get good grades, then—circumstantial-[you]-will get
into a good college. The same description is reserved for all binary expressions of other types, which were also analyzed in a wrong way. Thus, the French double negation NE ... PAS and the idiom rNE ... QUE1 'only':
"Traditional" representation
(24) French
y bin-junct |
a. Je ne dors -restrictive—pas 'I am not sleeping'.
y-^-bin-junct-1
b. Je ne lisais alors que—restrictive-[des]-polars 'I read then only whodunits'.
"Modern" representation
(25) French
a. Je ne—restrictive-dors-restrictive—pas 'I am not sleeping'.
b. Je ne—restrictive-lisais alors que—restrictive-[des]-polars 'I read then only whodunits'.
Acknowledgments
The first sketch of this paper was read and criticized by L. Iordanskaja. Then I received useful remarks and suggestions from D. Beck, S. Kahane, H. Liu, S. Marengo, J. Milicevic, S. Mille, C.M. Sperberg-McQueen, R. Zangenfeind; J. Milicevic also reread the final version of the text. I did my best to account for their proposals, and I thank them from the depth of my heart. It goes without saying that I am alone responsible for the final results.
Notes
The present text is the continuation of Part One of this paper, published in Moscow Linguistics Journal, 17: 2, 75-103. Part II of the paper presents the second fragment of the list of SSyntRel-namely, SSyntRels Nos. 43112. A synopsis of the whole list of SSynt-relations possible in various languages is:
I Subordinate Surface-Syntactic Relations: 1-103
1.1 Clause-Level SSyntRels: 1-42
1.1.1 Valence-Controlled = Actantial
1.1.2 Non-Valence-Controlled SSyntRels
1.1.2.1 Actantial SSyntRels
1.1.2.2 Copredicative SSyntRels
1.1.2.3 Circumstantial SSyntRels
1.1.2.4 Extra-structural SSyntRels
1.2 Phrase-Level SSyntRels: 43-103
1.2.1 Any Type of Phrase SSyntRels, Non-Valence-Controlled
1.2.2 Nominal Phrase SSyntRels
1.2.2.1 Valence-Controlled
1.2.2.2 Valence-Controlled and Non-Valence-Controlled
1.2.2.3 Non-Valence-Controlled
1.2.3 Adpositional Phrase SSyntRels, Valence-Controlled
1.2.4 Verbal Phrase (= Analytical Form) SSyntRels, Non-Valence-
Controlled
1.2.5 Conjunctional Phrase SSyntRels, Valence-Controlled
1.2.6 Word-like Phrase SSyntRels, Non-Valence-Controlled
II Coordinate Surface-Syntactic Relations: 104-112
(4, No. 76, p. 106) In the SSyntS, the lexeme SE depends on the lexical verb via two different SSyntRels: verb-mark-reflexive-direct-analytical and verb-mark-reflexive-indirect-analytical. This is necessary in order to ensure that in the DMorphS lexes of SE have different cases: the accusative vs. the dative. Different cases are, in their turn, required by rules for clitic cooccurrence and clitic ordering. Thus, the dative SE clitic precedes an accusative pronominal clitic, while the accusative SE does not cooccur with a dative pronominal clitic: Elle seDAT le prend lit. 'She to.herself it takes' vs. *Elle seACC lui donne lit. 'She herself to.him gives' [correct expression: Elle se donne a lui 'She gives herself to him']. The same situation holds in other Romance languages, which justifies the introduction of the verb-mark-indir-refl-analytical SSyntRel in our general inventory.
(4, No. 76, p. 106) Interestingly, a Hungarian separable verbal prefix (Imrenyi 2013) can precliticize on the auxiliary of the future: .Ei^verb-mark-ana-lyt-fog utazni Parizsba 'S/he will travel to.Paris'; FOG is the future tense auxiliary. Note that in a positive answer to the question 'Did s/he travel to Paris?', we have Igen, el fog ~ "Yes, s/he did'. This is a little known case of clitic behavior.
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Annex 2
Index of Passive SSynt-Valences of Word Classes
(numbers of SSyntRels of which a lexeme of the given class may be a Dependent) This index is supposed to help the reader find the SSyntRel that represents a given construction. For instance, how does one describe the phrase [Few writers] could resistvINF joiningvING... ? The form resist is here a Vinf, so that we have to choose between SSyntRels Nos. 11, 18, 19, 74 and 83 - 85; only No. 11 (the infinitival-objectival SSyntRel) is good. Similarly, joining is a Ving and the possible choices are SSyntRels Nos. 1, 7, 34, 52 and 82; No. 7 is good—the direct-objectival SSyntRel.
N
V
N(pron.pers) ^^ (proper)
Vfin
1 - 5, 7 - 9, 14 - 16, 20 - 24, 29 - 31, 34, 36, 40, 41, 44 - 47, 49 - 51, 53, 55, 68 - 70, 72, 74, 75, 89 - 93, 95 28
40, 71, 98, 99
1 [in a headless relative], 7 [in a headless relative or an asyndetic completive], 12 [in a Direct Speech clause], 39 [in a Direct Speech clause], 64 - 66, 81, 82, 86, 101, 103
Vinf 11, 18, 19, 74, 83 - 85
Ving 1, 7, 34, 52, 82
Vpart 80, 81
ADJ 22, 24 - 26, 30 - 32, 35, 52, 61
ADJ(determ) 56
ADJ(ordinal) 59, 60
ADJ(pron) 33, 56
Linker 73
NUM(quant) 57, 58, 97
ADV 1, 7, 34, 35, 37, 38
ADV(interj) 40
THERE 6
PREP 7 [in some languages], 13 - 25, 37, 44 - 48, 53 - 55, 93, 94, 100
TO(inf) 1, 6, 7, 10, 87 CONJ
AS 38
CONJ(coord) 104 - 110
CONJ(subord) 34
CONJ(compar) 27
CONJ(c0mplement) 1, 6, 7, 74, 84, 101
PARTICLE 43, 76 - 79
Rus. ETO 42
