- Definition of the
PRECfunctor -
The
PRECfunctor (reference to preceding text) is a functor for such an atomic node that represents an expression linking the clause to the preceding context.
Forms. The basic forms of the linking expressions are:
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adverbial and particle expressions.
Examples:
Kapitálový trh je pak.
PREClogickým vyústěním masivní přítomnosti soukromého vlastnictví. (=lit. Capital market is then (a) logical outcome (of) mass presence (of) private ownership.)Práva napadeného jsou prý naopak.
PRECv ČR již celá desetiletí formulována velmi progresívně. (=lit. (The) rights (of) (the) attacked have_been supposedly on_the_contrary, in (the) Czech_Republic already (for) several decades formulated highly progressively.)Jsem tedy.
PRECšťasten. (=lit.(I) am therefore happy.)Lze proto.
PRECočekávat, že k původním alergickým projevům se budou přidávat další. (=lit. (It)_is_possible therefore to_expect that - (the) original allergic symptoms will_be_followed (by) (some) more.) -
Examples:
A.
PRECto není pravda. (=lit. And that is_not true.) Fig. 7.45Ale.
PRECto zatím není náš případ. (=lit. But that so_far is_not our case.)Neboť.
PRECto svědčí o mnohém. (=lit. Because that proves - (a) lot.)Izolovaný výzkum však.
PRECnemůže přinášet výsledky. (=lit. Isolated research, however, cannot bring (any) results.)For paratactic connectives in the function of linking expressions see also Section 16.1, "Co-ordinating connectives".
NB! Nodes with the PREC functor are represented as nodes dependent on the effective root node of the clause which they link to the preceding context. If there is only the linking expression present at the surface structure (an unfinished clause) we interpret such structure as a verbal clause (see also Section 4.1, "Verbal clauses"). Example:
Ale .PREC ... {#EmpVerb.PRED} (=But...)
Borders with other functors (particularly CAUS, MANN, CNCS). It is not clear whether we should consider the adverbial expressions proto (=therefore), přesto (=in_spite_of), tak (=so) etc. just linking elements (PREC) or whether we should take into consideration rather their secondary meanings (reason, concession, manner) and assign the functors CAUS, CNCS, MANN etc. to the nodes that represent these adverbial expressions. Cf.:
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Většina účastníků musí odejít před pátou. (=lit. Most participants must leave before five.) Proto skončíme dříve. (=lit. Therefore (we) will_finish earlier.)
!!! The borders with these adverbial expressions were not defined very clearly , the choice of the functor is a matter of the anotator's consideration.