1 [PHON ((0 1 kim))] 2 [PHON ((1 2 walks))]
3 [PHON ((0 1 kim))
SYNSEM [CAT [HEAD noun SUBCAT ()]
CONTENT [INDEX *1* [PER 3rd NUM sing]]
CONTEXT [BACKGR {[RELN naming BEARER *1* NAME Kim]}]]]
We now know something about the meaning of Kim (it refers to
somebody named Kim) and something about its syntactic properties (it
is third person singular).
4 [PHON ((1 2 walks))
SYNSEM [CAT [HEAD [VFORM fin]
SUBCAT ([CAT [HEAD noun SUBCAT ()]
CONTENT [INDEX *1* [PER 3rd NUM sing]]])]
CONTENT [RELN walk WALKER *1*]]]
We know that walks refers to walking and that it requires
a subject noun phrase which refers to the walker but doesn't require
any object.
[SYNSEM [CAT [HEAD *1* SUBCAT (*2*)]
CONTENT *4*]
DTRS [HEAD-DTR [SYNSEM [CAT [HEAD *1* SUBCAT (*2*)]
CONTENT *4*]
PHON *3*]
COMP-DTRS ()]
PHON *3*]
Unifying 4 with the HEAD-DTR of this rule gives
5 [SYNSEM [CAT [HEAD [VFORM fin]
SUBCAT ([CAT [HEAD noun SUBCAT ()]
CONTENT [INDEX *1* [PER 3rd NUM sing]]])]
CONTENT [RELN walk WALKER *1*]]
DTRS [HEAD-DTR [SYNSEM [CAT [HEAD [VFORM fin] SUBCAT (...)]]
CONTENT [...]
PHON ((1 2 walks))]
COMP-DTRS ()]
PHON ((1 2 walks))]
Now we have a VP with the transitive verb walks as its
head (and only constituent).
6 [SYNSEM [CAT [HEAD *1* SUBCAT ()]
CONTENT *4*]
DTRS [HEAD-DTR [SYNSEM [CAT [HEAD *1* SUBCAT (*2*)]
CONTENT *4*]
PHON *3*]
COMP-DTRS ([PHON *5*
SYNSEM *2*])]
PHON (*5* < *3*)]
Unifying 5 with the HEAD-DTR of this rule gives
7 [SYNSEM [CAT [HEAD [VFORM fin SUBCAT ()]]
CONTENT [RELN walk WALKER *1*]]
DTRS [HEAD-DTR [SYNSEM [CAT [HEAD [VFORM fin]
SUBCAT ([CAT [HEAD noun SUBCAT ()]
CONTENT [INDEX *1*
[PER 3rd NUM sing]]])]
CONTENT [RELN walk WALKER *1*]]
PHON ((1 2 walks))]
COMP-DTRS ([PHON *2*
SYNSEM [CAT [HEAD noun SUBCAT ()]
CONTENT [INDEX *1*]]])]
PHON (*2* < ((1 2 walks)))]
That is, we now have a sentence (subcategorizing for nothing), but
its subject (the complement) doesn't have its phonology specified so
we're not done.
8 [SYNSEM [CAT [HEAD [VFORM fin SUBCAT ()]]
CONTENT [RELN walk WALKER [PER 3rd NUM sing]]]
DTRS [HEAD-DTR [SYNSEM [CAT [HEAD [VFORM fin]
SUBCAT ([CAT [HEAD noun SUBCAT ()]
CONTENT [INDEX [PER 3rd NUM sing]]])
CONTENT [RELN walk WALKER [PER 3rd NUM sing]]]
PHON ((1 2 walks))]
COMP-DTRS ([PHON ((0 1 kim))
SYNSEM [CAT [HEAD noun SUBCAT ()]
CONTENT [INDEX [PER 3rd NUM sing]]])]
PHON ((0 1 kim) (1 2 walks))]
Now the subject of the sentence is pronounceable, and we're done.
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