1. Syntax Word patterns
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2. Post & post- Post haste postpartum Post hoc Postmodern
“Post the Geneva meeting of Opec the OECD reckons that its 24 member countries…”
postpartum
Postmodern
Postposition
post-apartheid
Post-game
Suzana is in DC 2103 (first office on your right as you cross the "bridge" from DC to MC) x37198.
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3. Post & post- S AvpP NP NP NP VP Adv Det N N Aux V
Suzana is in DC 2103 (first office on your right as you cross the "bridge" from DC to MC) x37198. NP NP VP
Adv
Det N N
Aux V
Post the election Frink was depressed
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4. Post & post- S A NP VP NP Af N AP NP N V A N postpartum
Suzana is in DC 2103 (first office on your right as you cross the "bridge" from DC to MC) x37198. Af N AP NP
postpartum N V A N
Marge has postpartum depression
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5. Post & post- Adv A Af N post postpartum English 306A; Harris
Suzana is in DC 2103 (first office on your right as you cross the "bridge" from DC to MC) x37198. Af N
post
postpartum
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6. Arguments and roles Argument: a phrase governed by a predicate (verb).
Grammatical role: the grammatical job arguments assume.
Semantic role: the conceptual job arguments assume.
Semasiological
(concern form)
Onomasiological
(concern meaning)
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7. Linear Sequence English basic sentence patterns (p.89)V1 V2 V3
VCOP
VCOMP
VT-COMP
Intransitive
Transitive
Ditransitive
Copulative
Complement
Transitive-complement
1 argument
2 arguments
3 arguments
2 arguments (1= complement)
2 argument (1=complement)
3 arguments (1=complement)
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8. Sentences Homer preens. Homer loves his blanket. Homer eats.
Homer eats crap.
The fat bald guy eats crap.
The fat bald guy eats vast quantities of artery-hardening crap.
The fat bald guy throws the dog a bone.
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9. Verbs Homer preens. Homer loves his blanket. Homer eats.
Homer eats crap.
The fat bald guy eats crap.
The fat bald guy eats vast quantities of artery-hardening crap.
The fat bald guy throws the dog a bone .
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10. Arguments V1 Homer preens. Homer loves his blanket. V2 Homer eats.
Homer eats crap.
The fat bald guy eats crap.
The fat bald guy eats vast quantities of artery-hardening crap.
The fat bald guy throws the dog a bone. V1 V2 V1 V2 V2 V2 V3
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11. Sentences Homer is sexy. Homer is a nuclear-plant operations guy.
Homer is in the kitchen.
Homer goes to the bar.
The collar belongs to Santa’s Little Helper.
Marge bakes a cake for Maggie.
Bart throws a bone to the dog
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12. Verbs Homer is sexy. Homer is a nuclear-plant operations guy.
Homer is in the kitchen.
Homer goes to the bar.
The collar belongs to Santa’s Little Helper.
Marge bakes a cake for Maggie.
Bart throws a bone to the dog.
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13. Arguments VCOP Homer is sexy. Homer is a nuclear-plant operations guy.
Homer is in the kitchen.
Homer goes to the bar.
The collar belongs to Santa’s Little Helper.
Marge bakes a cake for Maggie.
Bart throws a bone to the dog.
VCOP
VCOP
VCOP
VCOMP
VCOMP
VT-COMP
VT-C0MP
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14. Semantic roles Patient Essive Homer is sexy.
Homer is a nuclear-plant operations guy.
Homer is in the kitchen.
Homer goes to the bar.
The collar belongs to Santa’s Little Helper.
Marge bakes a cake for Maggie.
Bart throws a bone to the dog.
Patient
Essive
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15. Semantic roles Patient Essive Homer is sexy.
Homer is a nuclear-plant operations guy.
Homer is in the kitchen.
Homer goes to the bar.
The collar belongs to Santa’s Little Helper.
Marge bakes a cake for Maggie.
Bart throws a bone to the dog.
Patient
Essive
Patient
Essive
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16. Semantic roles Patient Essive Homer is sexy.
Homer is a nuclear-plant operations guy.
Homer is in the kitchen.
Homer goes to the bar.
The collar belongs to Santa’s Little Helper.
Marge bakes a cake for Maggie.
Bart throws a bone to the dog.
Patient
Essive
Patient
Essive
Agent
Location
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17. Semantic roles Patient Essive Homer is sexy.
Homer is a nuclear-plant operations guy.
Homer is in the kitchen.
Homer goes to the bar.
The collar belongs to Santa’s Little Helper.
Marge bakes a cake for Maggie.
Bart throws a bone to the dog.
Patient
Essive
Patient
Essive
Agent
Location
Patient
Possessor
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18. Semantic roles Patient Essive Homer is sexy.
Homer is a nuclear-plant operations guy.
Homer is in the kitchen.
Homer goes to the bar.
The collar belongs to Santa’s Little Helper.
Marge bakes a cake for Maggie.
Bart throws a bone to the dog.
Patient
Essive
Patient
Essive
Agent
Location
Patient
Possessor
Agent
Patient
Recipient
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19. Semantic roles Patient Essive Homer is sexy.
Homer is a nuclear-plant operations guy.
Homer is in the kitchen.
Homer goes to the bar.
The collar belongs to Santa’s Little Helper.
Marge bakes a cake for Maggie.
Bart throws a bone to the dog.
Patient
Essive
Patient
Essive
Agent
Location
Patient
Possessor
Agent
Patient
Recipient
Agent
Patient
Recipient
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20. Semantic Roles Role Definition Agent
The entity that performs the action
Patient
The entity undergoing the action; the object of the experience
Experiencer
The entity that experiences the state
Receiver
The entity receives something from the action
Essive
Anything predicated by the (main) verb “to be”
Possessor
The entity who possesses something.
Source
The starting point for a movement
Goal
The end point for a movement
Path
The route over which movement happens
Time
The time an event occurs
Location
The place an event happens
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21. Event schemata Being Happening Doing Experiencing Having Moving
Transferring
Simplex
Complex
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22. Semantic Roles Role Event Schemata Agent Patient Experiencer Receiver
DOING, MOVING, TRANSFERRING
Patient
BEING, HAPPENING, DOING, EXPERIENCING, HAVING, MOVING, TRANSFERRING
Experiencer
EXPERIENCING
Receiver
TRANSFERRING
Essive
BEING
Possessor
HAVING, TRANSFERRING
Source
MOVING, TRANSFERRING
Goal
Path
Time
ALL
Location
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23. Simplex event schemata
Subject NP ≈ Patient
Complement ≈ Essive
Being
Happening
Doing
Experiencing
Having
E.g.s
Homer is large.
Homer is a safety inspector.
Homer is in the shower.
Subjects
Complements
Patients
Essives
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24. Simplex event schemata
Being
Happening
Doing
Experiencing
Having
Subject NP ≈ Patient
E.g.s
Homer fell asleep.
Homer ages.
Homer stumbled.
Subjects
Patients
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25. Simplex event schemata
Being
Happening
Doing
Experiencing
Having
Subject NP ≈ Agent
E.g.s
Homer eats.
Homer yells.
Subjects
Agents
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26. Simplex event schemata
Being
Happening
Doing
Experiencing
Having
Subject NP ≈ Agent
(Object NP ≈ Patient)
E.g.s
Homer eats.
Homer yells.
Homer catches Bart.
Homer blamed Marge.
Subjects
Objects
Agents
Patients
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27. Simplex event schemata
Being
Happening
Doing
Experiencing
Having
Subject NP ≈ Experiencer
(Object NP ≈ Patient)
E.g.s
Homer laments.
Homer loathes Flanders.
Homer saw Chief Wiggum.
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28. Simplex event schemata
Being
Happening
Doing
Experiencing
Having
Subject NP ≈ Experiencer
(Object NP ≈ Patient)
E.g.s
Homer laments.
Homer loathes Flanders.
Homer saw Chief Wiggum.
On board: Homer saw Chief Wiggum.
Exp Patient
Homer watched Chief Wiggum.
Agent Patient
(Contrast: Homer watched Chief Wiggum.)
Subjects
Objects
Experiencer
Patients
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29. Simplex event schemata
Being
Happening
Doing
Experiencing
Having
Subject NP ≈ Possessor
Object NP ≈ Patient
E.g.s
Homer has three kids.
Homer has a keen sense of smell.
Homer has chicken pox.
Homer owns a dog.
Homer possesses a hatbox.
Subjects
Objects
Possessors
Patients
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30. Complex event schemata
Simplex occurrence (Happening, Having, or Doing) with explicit reference to motion.
Start = Source
End = Goal
Route = Path
Moving
Transferring
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31. Complex event schemata
Simplex occurrence (Happening, Having, or Doing) with explicit reference to motion.
Happening + Source/Path/Goal
Doing + Source/Path/Goal
Moving
Transferring
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32. Complex event schemata
Happening + Source/Path/Goal
Subj NP ≈ Patient
Complements ≈ Source, Path, Goal
Moving
Transferring
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33. Complex event schemata
Happening + Source/Path/Goal
E.g.s
Homer stumbled home.
Homer stumbled home from Apu’s.
Homer stumbled home, down the sidewalk from Apu’s.
Moving
Transferring
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34. Complex event schemata
Happening + Source/Path/Goal
Moving
Transferring
Homer stumbled home, down the sidewalk from Apu’s.
Patient
Goal
Path
Source
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35. Complex event schemata
Doing + Source/Path/Goal
E.g.s
Homer climbed out of the window.
Homer climbed up Mount Splashmore from base camp to the summit.
Homer ran screaming across the back yard to Flander’s.
Moving
Transferring
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36. Complex event schemata
Doing + Source/Path/Goal
Moving
Transferring
Homer ran screaming across the back yard to Flander’s.
Agent
Path
Goal
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37. Complex event schemata
Happening
Having Moving
Doing
Moving
Transferring +
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38. Complex event schemata
Happening
Having Moving
Doing
Moving
Transferring +
A complex schema already
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39. Complex event schemata
Happening
Having Moving
Doing
Moving
Transferring +
A complex schema already
Happening or Doing + Source/Path/Goal
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40. Complex event schemata
Happening
Having Moving
Doing
E.g.
Homer dropped the ball on his foot.
Homer won $1.76 from the Springfield Lottery Corporation.
Moving
Transferring
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41. Complex event schemata
Happening
Having Moving
Doing
E.g.
Homer dropped the ball on his foot.
Moving
Transferring
Happening:
Patient
Patient
Patient
Moving:
Source
Patient
Goal
Happening:
Patient
Patient
Patient
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42. Complex event schemata
Happening
Having Moving
Doing
E.g.s
Homer sold the dog.
Homer sold the dog to Moe.
Homer bought the dog from Moe.
Homer bought the dog from a puppy mill in Halton.
Moving
Transferring +
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43. Complex event schemata
Happening
Having Moving
Doing
E.g.
Homer sold the dog.
Moving
Transferring +
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44. Complex event schemata
Happening
Having Moving
Doing
E.g.
Homer sold the dog.
Moving
Transferring +
Having: It’s about possession,
Moving: but the possession ‘moves’. It leaves Homer (transfers from him).
Doing: Homer actively causes the transfer.
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45. Complex event schemata
Happening
Having Moving
Doing
E.g.
Homer sold the dog.
Moving
Transferring +
Having:
Possessor
Patient
Moving:
Source
Patient
Doing:
Agent
Patient
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46. Complex event schemata
Happening
Having Moving
Doing
E.g.
Homer sold the dog to Moe.
Moving
Transferring +
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47. Complex event schemata
Happening
Having Moving
Doing
E.g.
Homer sold the dog to Moe.
Moving
Transferring +
Having: It’s about possession,
Moving: but the possession ‘moves’. It transfers from Homer to Moe.
Doing: Homer actively causes the transfer.
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48. Complex event schemata
Happening
Having Moving
Doing
E.g.s
Homer threw the dog a bone.
Homer mailed Marge a letter.
Moving
Transferring
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49. Complex event schemata
Happening
Having Moving
Doing
E.g.
Homer threw the dog a bone.
Moving
Transferring
Doing:
Agent
Receiver
Patient
Moving:
Source
Goal
Patient
Doing:
Agent
Receiver
Patient
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50. Maggie bandages the cat.
Arguments and “voice”
Doing schema
Active voice
Argument1 V2
Argument2
Maggie bandages the cat.
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51. Arguments and “voice” Grammatical roles
Doing schema
Active voice
Subject V2
Object
Maggie bandages the cat.
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52. Arguments and “voice” Semantic roles
Doing schema
Active voice
Agent V2
Patient
Maggie bandages the cat.
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53. The cat is bandaged by Maggie.
Arguments and “voice”
Happening schema
Passive voice
Argument1 V1
The cat is bandaged by Maggie.
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54. Arguments and “voice” Grammatical roles
Happening schema
Passive voice
Subject V1
Comp
The cat is bandaged by Maggie.
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55. The cat is bandaged by Maggie.
Arguments and “voice”
Happening schema
Passive voice
Passive
an alternate Happening schema for a proposition normally expressed as a Doing schema
an alternate VCOMP pattern for what is normally expressed as a V2 pattern
The cat is bandaged by Maggie.
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56. Arguments and “voice” Semantic roles
Happening schema
Passive voice
Patient V1
Agent
The cat is bandaged by Maggie.
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57. Syntax The sentence Event schemata the verb and its arguments
the subject and the predicate phrase
Event schemata
simplex
complex (simplex + relocation)
semantic roles
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