Quvonchbek gʻulomov 305-group in the evening department

NB: We need to distinguish between these clauses and clauses formed with interrogative pronouns:

*Who is undertaking the job has to understand this

Who is undertaking the job is secret

*What I saw cost a fortune

What I saw was unclear

(Back to) Predicative Relation

2 A verb in the form of an infinitive or a gerund:

• To [Y] ask John to do it would [X] be silly
• Which way to [Y] choose is [X] a matter of personal and individual preferences
• Maintaining [Y] this website will [X] be greatly appreciated

Predicative Relation

3 A subordinate clause:

• That this interest continues to increase is attested by the growing number of papers
• Who comes depends on what has been written in the letter
• If John comes or not is unclear
• Whether John comes is unclear

Predicative Relation

4 Anticipatory THERE:

• There are some issues to discuss.
• There happened to be a marker on the map.

Syntactic Features: An Excursus

simple features: COUNT

stone = COUNT

sandstone ≠ COUNT

(in attribute-value pairs notation:

stoneCOUNT=YES

sandstoneCOUNT=NO)

man = ?

mankind =?

assistance = ?

Syntactic Features

dollar = ?

money =?

news = ?

advice = ?

Syntactic Features

MESUR

ampere, angstrom, atmosphere, barrel, bushel, centimetre, …

Two inches wide

Two inches wider

An inch wide

An inch wider

*A table wide

*A table wider

Syntactic Features

PREDTO

abnormal, absurd, acceptable, aimless, altruistic, difficult, easy, hard…. (700 adjectives)