Frame files provide guidelines for Propbank annotators and include a list of framesets, or coarse-grained senses of the verbs. A frameset stands for a set of syntactic frames. Following Levin 1993, we assume that the set of syntactic constructions or frames that a verb can occur in is a direct reflection of the underlying semantic components that restrict allowable arguments. A frameset thus co...

This paper proposes a syntactic reformulation of the modular approach to Denotational Semantics in [Mog89a, Mog91a]. This reformulation is based on a duality between model constructions and translations of theories (often called relative interpretations), analogous to Gabriel-Ulmer duality. To demonstrate the simplicity and usability of the syntactic reformulation, we give a sample of theories ...

In this paper we propose a syntactic and semantic analysis of complex questions. We consider questions involving pied piping and stranding and we propose elementary trees and semantic representations that allow to account for both constructions in a uniform way.

This paper introduces our methodology for annotating variations in enunciative and modal commitment in a text. We first present the theoretical background of the study which puts the emphasis on the close interaction between time, aspect, modality and evidentiality (TAME) categories (and also markers). We then present our semantic resources which encompass not only lexical items, but also morph...

The article is devoted to the analysis of syntactic means representation communicative position addressee in modern Ukrainian literary text. One expressing modality considered - inserted constructions that are markers author's speech. category addressability defined as a special parameter artistic text creation. relationship between and other categories characterized. peculiarities use by write...

We present the first step towards a constraint-based syntax-semantics interface for Topological Dependency Grammar (TDG) (Duchier and Debusmann, 2001). We extend TDG with a new level of representation called semantic dependency dag to capture the deep semantic dependencies and clearly separate this level from the syntactic dependency tree. We stipulate an emancipation mechanism between these le...

In this paper, I will examine the syntactic and semantic properties of a Latin correlative construction, the so-called comparative conditional. I will investigate the extent to which this construction inherits its formal and interpretive features from constructions needed independently in the grammar. While the syntactic properties of the comparative conditional are highly motivated, the semant...

This paper explores the correlation between lexical semantics and syntactic construction, with particular attention paid to delimiting the lexical semantic distinctions between the multiple senses of the polysemous verb song4 ‘to send’. Different types of syntactic constructions are first categorized according to the distribution of arguments, such as direct objects, indirect objects, and locat...