13.1. Attribute for the meaning of “state

The verb být, but also full verbs and nouns are often modified by a number of prepositional phrases that have a very general meaning of state. Together with the governing verb, they express meanings like “being in some state” or “getting into some state”. For the time being, the solution is that the prepositional phrase is assigned a functor closest in the meaning (usually LOC, TWHEN, MANN) and a new attribute is used, called is_state, with the values 0 and 1. Those modifications that have the meaning of state are assigned the value 1. The is_state attribute is specified for all nodes with adjunct functors.

Examples:

He is in crisis.LOC [is_state=1]

He was under treatment.TPAR [is_state=1]

person in a bad mood.RSTR [is_state=1]

He fell into trouble.DIR3 [is_state=1].