Syntax 322: Ch 4, Structural Relations Flashcards

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BRANCH:

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A line connecting two parts of a tree.

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NODE:

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The end of a branch.

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LABEL:

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The name given to a node. For example: TP, NP, N, VP, V…

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PROPER DOMINATION:

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Node A dominates node B if and only if node A is higher up in the tree that node B, and if you can trace a branch from A going to B only downwards.

So TP will dominate everything in the tree.

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IMMEDIATE DOMINATION:

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Node A immediately dominates node B if there is no intervening node G that is dominated by A but dominates B.

In other words, A is the first node that dominates B.

A immediately dominates nodes at the end of its branches.

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MOTHER:

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A is the mother of B if A immediately dominates B.

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DAUGHTER:

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B is the daughter of A if B is immediately dominated by A.

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SISTERS:

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Two nodes that share the same mother.

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ROOT NODE:

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The node that dominates everything but is dominated by nothing. Or the node that is a daughter of no other node.

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NON-TERMINAL NODE:

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A node that dominates something. Or a node that is a mother.

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TERMINAL NODE:

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A node that dominates nothing. A node that is not a mother.

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EXHAUSTIVE DOMINATION:

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Node A exhaustively dominates a set of terminal nodes {B, C, D …} provided it dominates all the members of the stet (so that there is no member of that set that is not dominated by A) and there is no terminal node G dominated by A that is not a member of that set.

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CONSTITUENT:

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A set of terminal nodes exhaustively dominated by a particular node.

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CONSTITUENT OF:

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The opposite of domination. A is a constituent of B if and only if B dominates A.

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IMMEDIATE CONSTITUENT OF:

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A is an immediate constituent of B if and only if B immediately dominates A.

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SISTER-PRECEDENCE:

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Precedence encodes linear order of constituents.

Node A sister-precedes node B if and only if both are immediately dominated by the same node and A appears to the left of B.

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PRECEDENCE:

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Node A precedes node B if and only if neither A dominates B nor B dominates A and A (or some node dominating A) sister-precedes B (or some node dominating B).

Node A precedes node B if and only if neither dominates the other and A (or some node dominating A) sister-precedes B (or some node dominating B).

In: “the clown kissed the doberman”…

  • clown precedes kissed
  • clown precedes doberman
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NO CROSSING BOUNDARIES CONTRAINT:

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If node X precedes another node Y then X and all nodes dominated by X must precede Y and all nodes dominated by Y.

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IMMEDIATE PRECEDENCE:

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A immediately precedes B is there is no node G that follows A but precedes B.