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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. Verbs. Homer preens . Homer loves his blanket. Homer eats .

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  1. 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. English 306A; Harris

  2. 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 . English 306A; Harris

  3. Arguments V1 • 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 doga bone. V2 V1 V2 V2 V2 V3 English 306A; Harris

  4. 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 English 306A; Harris

  5. Verbs • Homer is sexy. • Homer is a nuclear-plant operations guy. • Homer is in the kitchen. • Homer goes to the bar. • The collar belongsto Santa’s Little Helper. • Marge bakes a cake for Maggie. • Bart throws a bone to the dog. English 306A; Harris

  6. Arguments VCOP • Homer is sexy. • Homer is a nuclear-plant operations guy. • Homer is in the kitchen. • Homer goes to the bar. • The collar belongsto Santa’s Little Helper. • Marge bakes a cake for Maggie. • Bart throws a bone at the dog. VCOP VCOP VCOMP V2 VT-COMP VT-C0MP English 306A; Harris

  7. 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 belongsto Santa’s Little Helper. • Marge bakes a cake for Maggie. • Bart throws a bone at the dog. English 306A; Harris

  8. Semantic roles • Homer is sexy. • Homer is a nuclear-plant operations guy. • Homer is in the kitchen. • Homer goes to the bar. • The collar belongsto Santa’s Little Helper. • Marge bakes a cake for Maggie. • Bart throws a bone at the dog. Patient Essive English 306A; Harris

  9. Semantic roles • Homer is sexy. • Homer is a nuclear-plant operations guy. • Homer is in the kitchen. • Homer goes to the bar. • The collar belongsto Santa’s Little Helper. • Marge bakes a cake for Maggie. • Bart throws a bone at the dog. Patient Essive English 306A; Harris

  10. Semantic roles • Homer is sexy. • Homer is a nuclear-plant operations guy. • Homer is in the kitchen. • Homer goes to the bar. • The collar belongsto Santa’s Little Helper. • Marge bakes a cake for Maggie. • Bart throws a bone at the dog. Agent Goal English 306A; Harris

  11. Semantic roles • Homer is sexy. • Homer is a nuclear-plant operations guy. • Homer is in the kitchen. • Homer goes to the bar. • The collar belongsto Santa’s Little Helper. • Marge bakes a cake for Maggie. • Bart throws a bone at the dog. Patient Possessor English 306A; Harris

  12. Semantic roles • 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 at the dog. Agent Patient Beneficiary English 306A; Harris

  13. Semantic roles • 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 at the dog. Agent Patient Goal English 306A; Harris

  14. Semantic Roles English 306A; Harris

  15. Simplex Complex Event schemata Being Happening Doing Experiencing Having Moving Transferring English 306A; Harris

  16. Semantic Roles English 306A; Harris

  17. 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. VCOP Complements Subjects Patients Essives English 306A; Harris

  18. Simplex event schemata • Subject NP ≈ Patient • E.g.s • Homer fell asleep. • Homer ages. • Homer stumbled. • Being • Happening • Doing • Experiencing • Having V1 Subjects Patients English 306A; Harris

  19. Simplex event schemata • Subject NP ≈ Agent • E.g.s • Homer eats. • Homer yells. • Being • Happening • Doing • Experiencing • Having V1 Subjects Agents English 306A; Harris

  20. Simplex event schemata • Subject NP ≈ Agent • (Object NP ≈ Patient) • E.g.s • Homer eats. • Homer yells. • Homer catches Bart. • Homer kissed Marge. • Being • Happening • Doing • Experiencing • Having V1 V2 Subjects Objects Agents Patients English 306A; Harris

  21. Simplex event schemata • Subject NP ≈ Experiencer • (Object NP ≈ Patient) • E.g.s • Homer laments. • Homer loathes Flanders. • Homer saw Chief Wiggum. • Being • Happening • Doing • Experiencing • Having V1 V2 English 306A; Harris

  22. Simplex event schemata • Subject NP ≈ Experiencer • (Object NP ≈ Patient) • E.g.s • Homer laments. • Homer loathes Flanders. • Homer saw Chief Wiggum. • Being • Happening • Doing • Experiencing • Having V1 V2 • (Contrast: Homer watched Chief Wiggum.) Subjects Objects Experiencer Patients English 306A; Harris

  23. Simplex event schemata • 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. • Being • Happening • Doing • Experiencing • Having V2 Subjects Objects Possessors Patients English 306A; Harris

  24. Complex event schemata Simplex occurrence (Happening, Having, or Doing) with explicit reference to motion. Start = Source End = Goal Route = Path • MovingHappening • Transferring English 306A; Harris

  25. Complex event schemata Simplex occurrence (Happening, Having, or Doing) with explicit reference to motion. Happening + Source/Path/Goal Doing + Source/Path/Goal • MovingHappening • Transferring English 306A; Harris

  26. Complex event schemata Happening + Source/Path/Goal Subj NP ≈ Patient Complements ≈ Source, Path, Goal • MovingHappening • Transferring English 306A; Harris

  27. Complex event schemata • Happening + Source/Path/Goal • E.g.s • Homer staggered home. • Homer staggered homefromApu’s. • Homer staggered home, downthe sidewalkfromApu’s. • MovingHappening • Transferring English 306A; Harris

  28. Complex event schemata • Happening + Source/Path/Goal • MovingHappening • Transferring Homer staggered home, downthe sidewalkfromApu’s. Goal Patient Path Source English 306A; Harris

  29. Complex event schemata • Doing + Source/Path/Goal • E.g.s • Homer climbed outofthe window. • Homer climbed upMount Splashmorefrombase camptothe summit. • Homer ran screaming acrossthe back yardtoFlander’s. • MovingDoing • Transferring English 306A; Harris

  30. Complex event schemata • Doing + Source/Path/Goal • MovingDoing • Transferring • Homer ran screaming acrossthe back yardtoFlander’s. Goal Agent Path English 306A; Harris

  31. MovingHappening MovingDoing Complex event schemata + Having Moving • Moving • Transferring A complex schema already Happening or Doing+ Source/Path/Goal English 306A; Harris

  32. Complex event schemata + Having MovingHappening • Moving • Transferring • E.g. • Bart found a wallet. • Homer won $1.76 from the Springfield Lottery Corporation. V2 VT-COMP English 306A; Harris

  33. Complex event schemata + Having MovingHappening • Moving • Transferring VT-COMP • E.g. • Homer won $1.76 from the SLC. Possessor Patient Possessor Having: Happening: Patient Patient Beneficiary Moving: Goal Patient Source English 306A; Harris

  34. Complex event schemata + Having MovingDoing • Moving • Transferring • E.g. • Homer sold the dog. • Homer sold the dog to Moe. V2 VT-COMP English 306A; Harris

  35. Complex event schemata + Having MovingDoing • Moving • Transferring • E.g. • Homer sold the dog. Having: Possessor Patient Moving: Source Patient Doing: Agent Patient English 306A; Harris

  36. Complex event schemata + Having MovingDoing • Moving • Transferring • E.g. • Homer sold the dog to Moe. Possessor Having: Possessor Patient Moving: Goal Source Patient Doing: Beneficiary Agent Patient English 306A; Harris

  37. Complex event schemata + Having MovingDoing • Moving • Transferring • E.g. • Homer sold Moe the dog. Having: Possessor Possessor Patient Moving: Source Goal Patient Doing: Agent Beneficiary Patient English 306A; Harris

  38. NP N Transferring V3 VT-COMP Subject I-Object D-Object Subject D-Object Comp • Homer sold Moe the dog. Homer sold the dog to Moe. Possessor Possessor Patient Possessor Patient Possessor Source Goal Patient Source Patient Goal Agent Beneficiary Patient Agent Patient Beneficiary S S VP VP PP NP NP NP NP NP N V N V N Det N Det N P Homer sold the dog to Moe Homer sold Moe the dog English 306A; Harris

  39. Syntax • The sentence the verb and its arguments the subject and the predicate phrase • Event schemata simplex complex (simplex + relocation) semantic roles English 306A; Harris

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