| NP V NP.theme |
| example |
"The pirates drowned the sailor."
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| syntax |
Agent V Patient
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| semantics |
path_rel(start(E), Initial_State, Patient, ch_of_state, prep)
path_rel(result(E), Result, Patient, ch_of_state, prep)
cause(Agent, E)
not(suffocate(start(E), Patient))
suffocate(result(E), Patient)
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| NP.theme V |
| example |
"The sailor drowned."
|
| syntax |
Patient V
|
| semantics |
path_rel(start(E), Initial_State, Patient, ch_of_state, prep)
path_rel(result(E), Result, Patient, ch_of_state, prep)
not(suffocate(start(E), Patient))
suffocate(result(E), Patient)
|
| NP V PP.result |
| example |
"He choked/suffocated to death."
|
| syntax |
Patient V {to} Result [+state]
|
| semantics |
path_rel(start(E), Initial_State, Patient, ch_of_state, prep)
path_rel(result(E), Result, Patient, ch_of_state, prep)
not(suffocate(start(E), Patient))
suffocate(result(E), Patient)
|
| NP V NP PP.result |
| example |
"The pirate choked the sailor to death."
|
| syntax |
Agent V Patient {to} Result [+state]
|
| semantics |
path_rel(start(E), Initial_State, Patient, ch_of_state, prep)
path_rel(result(E), Result, Patient, ch_of_state, prep)
cause(Agent, E)
not(suffocate(start(E), Patient))
suffocate(result(E), Patient)
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