6.3. Contextual boundness of rhematizers

This section contains guidelines for assigning the tfa values (see Section 2, "Contextual boundness") to nodes representing rhematizers. For rhematizers, the value of the attribute tfa is determined according to the function of the rhematizer, i.e. according to which topic-focus articulation category (topic or focus) it signals. The value of the attribute tfa is therefore closely related to the position of a rhematizer in the tectogrammatical tree.

A node representing a rhematizer can be assigned either the tfa value t or f. A rhematizer cannot be assigned the value c.

We suppose the following possible tfa values and positions for rhematizers in tectogrammatical trees:

Figure 10.45. Contextual boundness of rhematizers

Contextual boundness of rhematizers

Petra si umyla také boty. (=lit. Petra _ washed also (her) shoes.)

Figure 10.46. Contextual boundness of rhematizers

Contextual boundness of rhematizers

Petra si umyla také červené boty. (=lit. Petra _ washed also (her) red shoes.)

Figure 10.47. Contextual boundness of rhematizers

Contextual boundness of rhematizers

Petra si také umyla boty. (=lit. Petra _ also washed (her) shoes.)

Figure 10.48. Contextual boundness of rhematizers

Contextual boundness of rhematizers

Také Petra si umyla boty. (=lit. Also Petra _ washed (her) shoes.)

Figure 10.49. Contextual boundness of rhematizers

Contextual boundness of rhematizers

(Karel si umyl také boty. Spletl ses.) Petra si umyla také boty. (=lit. (Charles _ washed also (his) shoes. (You) are_wrong _.) Petra _ washed (her) shoes.)

Figure 10.50. Contextual boundness of rhematizers

Contextual boundness of rhematizers

Petra si umyla boty také. (=lit. Petra _ washed (her) shoes also.)