5.4. The politeness grammateme

The basic values of the politeness grammateme are presented in Table 5.5, "Values of the politeness grammateme".

Table 5.5. Values of the politeness grammateme

basic

common use

polite

polite form

This grammateme is only relevant for:

For most nodes the grammateme has the value basic. This signals the default use of the pronoun. A node with the #PersPron t-lemma and the value basic in the politeness grammateme represents pronouns like the ones in the following sentences:

dnes nepřijdu. [politeness=basic] (=I am not coming today)

Ty tam určitě nechoď. [politeness=basic] (=You don't go there)

The value polite is filled in when the personal or possessive pronouns are used in the polite form sentences. For example: a node with the #PersPron t-lemma and the value polite in the politeness grammateme represents pronouns like the one in the following sentence:

Vy jste se ještě nepřihlásil. [politeness=polite] (=You.pl haven't registered.sg yet)

As for the nodes representing personal and possessive reflexive pronouns, the value of the politeness grammateme is inher (the grammateme value is inherited from the coreferred node).

For more details, see Section 6.1.3, "Definite pronominal semantic nouns: personal pronouns".