Feature structures may be constructed using, among other facilities, the commands provided by avm.sty. It is necessary to include feature structures in a figure environment, to ensure proper conversion to HTML. However, it is not necessary to duplicate material, for un-numbered feature structures (numbered feature structures can be handled as for numbered trees and numbered sentences: by enclosing, for the HTML version, the feature structure in a figure environment, embedded in a tabular). Examples follow.
The example in figure 3.3 illustrates the classification.
The example was produced as follows:
The example in figure~\ref{4f7} illustrates the classification. \begin{figure}[h!tb] \centering \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{2} \avmoptions{sorted} \begin{tabular}[t]{lll} A few participants in this competition & swim & for their country\\ \begin{avm}\[{caus\&{}chng}cause $\ind{1}$\;\[{loc}man $+$\\ dir $-$\]\\ change $\ind{1}$\]\end{avm} \end{tabular} \vspace{1ex} \caption{Example 1\label{4f7}} \vspace{1.5ex} \end{figure}
Given that the subject of the infinitive VP complement is also assigned a role in the infinitive CONTENT description, a sentence such as ``John tries to run'' would be as follows:
Given that the subject of the infinitive VP complement is also assigned a role in the infinitive CONTENT description, a sentence such as ``John tries to run'' would be as follows: \vspace{1.5ex} \begin{center}
\begin{figure}[h]
\avmoptions{active} \avmfont{\normalsize} \avmsortfont{\scriptsize\it} \begin{avm} [phon \it try\\ synsem|loc|cat[subcat \]:@2 \> \\ content[ reln \it try\\ tryer @1\\ soa-arg @2[ reln \it run\\ runner @1]]]] \end{avm}
\end{figure}
\end{center} \vspace{1.5ex}
Frames are best captured in a tabular inside a table environment, as in the following fragment.
Unlike argument optionality, frame alternations always require the independent description of more than one frame to be related at the frame_list level. Let us consider first the case of the causative-inchoative alternation.
Frame_1 (table 3.3) and frame_2 (table 3.4) describe the constructions ``John broke the vase'' and ``the vase broke'', respectively.
frame_1 | ([slot_1 | ([slot_real_1(CatLabel: np, Subject: subj)]), |
slot_2 | ([slot_real_1(CatLabel: np, Subject: comp)])]) |
frame_2 | ([slot_1 | ([slot_real_1(CatLabel: np, Subject: subj)])]) |
In order to express the fact that, in these examples, `vase' is associated with two different slots in the two frames, we avail ourselves of the notation in table 3.5, specified at the frame_list level, which encodes the correspondence between slot_2 in frame_1 and slot_1 in frame_2.
frame_list | ([related_1(FrameIndex: 1, SlotIndex: 2, | FrameIndex: 2, SlotIndex: 1)]) |
The examples were produced as follows:
Unlike argument optionality, {\em frame alternations} always require the independent description of more than one frame to be related at the frame\_{}list level. Let us consider first the case of the causative--inchoative alternation. Frame\_{}1 (table~\ref{4t9}) and frame\_{}2 (table~\ref{4t10}) describe the constructions ``John broke the vase'' and ``the vase broke'', respectively. \begin{table}[h!tb] \centering \begin{tabular}{lll} frame\_{}1 & ([slot\_{}1 & ([slot\_{}real\_{}1(CatLabel: np, Subject: subj)]),\\ & \ \ slot\_{}2 & ([slot\_{}real\_{}1(CatLabel: np, Subject: comp)])]) \end{tabular} \caption{``John broke the vase''\label{4t9}} \end{table} \begin{table}[h!tb] \centering \begin{tabular}{lll} frame\_{}2 & ([slot\_{}1 & ([slot\_{}real\_{}1(CatLabel: np, Subject: subj)])]) \end{tabular} \caption{``the vase broke''\label{4t10}} \end{table} In order to express the fact that, in these examples, `vase' is associated with two different slots in the two frames, we avail ourselves of the notation in table~\ref{4t11}, specified at the frame\_{}list level, which encodes the correspondence between slot\_{}2 in frame\_{}1 and slot\_{}1 in frame\_{}2. \begin{table}[h!tb] \centering \begin{tabular}{lll} frame\_{}list & ([related\_{}1(FrameIndex: 1, SlotIndex: 2, & FrameIndex: 2, SlotIndex: 1)]) \end{tabular} \caption{Notation at the frame\_{}list level\label{4t11}} \end{table}