6.4. Survey of newly established nodes (ordered according to their t-lemmas)

The following table (Table 4.8, “Survey of newly established nodes) offers a survey of newly established nodes (they are listed in the alphabetical order according to their t-lemmas).

Table 4.8. Survey of newly established nodes

T-lemma

Type of newly established node

Example

#AsMuchellipsis of the expression referring to the degree of an aspect of the governing event, which governs a consecutive clause

They have #AsMuch the votes to block the law.

#Benefellipsis of the Beneficiary in control constructions

It is difficult {#Benef.BEN} to leave.

#Corcontrolled element

He decided {#Cor.ACT}to leave.

#EmpNoungrammatical ellipsis of the governing noun

Only the poor {#EmpNoun.ACT} came.

#EmpVerbgrammatical ellipsis of the predicate

{#EmpVerb.PRED} Why the rush?

#Equalellipsis of the expression referring to the degree of similarity/agreement/disagreement, which is the governing node for a dependent comparative clause

He did it {#Equal.MANN} like Tony did.CPR it.

#Fornroot node of a list structure for foreign-language expressions

This was a {#Forn.PAT} faux pas.

#Gengeneral argument

Mike is reading {#Gen.PAT}.

#Idphroot node of an identification structure

I'm reading {#Idph.PAT} The Hours.

#Negverbal negation (not)

{#Neg.RHEM} I'm not leaving.

#PersProncontextual ellipsis of an obligatory argument

{#PersPron.ACT} Go!

#QCorquasi-controlled element

I have made {#QCor.ACT} the decision to study.

#Rcpobligatory modification missing due to its participation in a reciprocal relation

The members of the Parliament discussed the new law {#Rcp.ADDR}.

#Separparatactic structure root node

{#Separ.CONJ} Purchase Sales Midpoint

#Someverbless part of an elided verbonominal predicate, which cannot be represented by a copied node due to semantic reasons

He is just like me {be} {#Some.PAT}.

#Totalellipsis of a totalizer governing a dependent restrictive clause

Except for dates {#Total.RSTR} ordinals.RESTR are written in words.

#Unspunspecified Actor

{#Unsp.ACT} It was announced on the radio.

copied node (verb)grammatical ellipsis of the predicate

(George is all ears.) John {be.PRED} {all ears.DPHR} too.

copied node (noun)contextual ellipsis of the governing noun

He likes red {wine.PAT} as well as white wine. (=He likes both red and white wine.)