Subordinate conjunctions: Confusion with other pos values

<BODY LANG="EN" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <P> <A NAME="efcscp"> </A><H3><A NAME="SECTION000124200000000000000">Subordinate conjunctions: Confusion with other <B>pos</B> values</A></H3> <P> Confusion can occur between <EM>subordinate conjunctions</EM> and <EM>prepositions</EM>: <P> <CENTER> <P> <TABLE COLS=4 BORDER FRAME=BOX RULES=GROUPS> <COLGROUP><COL ALIGN=LEFT><COLGROUP><COL ALIGN=LEFT><COLGROUP><COLGROUP><COL ALIGN=LEFT><COLGROUP><COL ALIGN=LEFT> <TBODY> <TR><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=CENTER NOWRAP COLSPAN=2> <B>type=preposition</B></TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=CENTER NOWRAP COLSPAN=2><B>pos=conjunction & type=subord</B></TD></TR> </TBODY><TBODY> <TR><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP><B>Description</B></TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP> <B>Example</B></TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP> <B>Description</B></TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP> <B>Example</B></TD></TR> </TBODY><TBODY> <TR><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>adposition</TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>Il est venu<BR><B>avant</B><A NAME="46153"> </A>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>pos=adposition</FONT></SMALL><BR>l'orage; il est venu<BR><B>avant de</B><A NAME="46161"> </A>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>pos=adposition</FONT></SMALL><BR>manger</TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>conjunction</TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>Il est venu <B>avant<BR>que</B><A NAME="46169"> </A>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>pos=conjunction</FONT></SMALL><BR>l'orage n'éclate</TD></TR> <TR><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>  </TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>Il est venu<BR><B>après</B><A NAME="46198"> </A>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>pos=adposition</FONT></SMALL><BR>l'orage; il est venu<BR><B>après</B><A NAME="46208"> </A>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>pos=adposition</FONT></SMALL><BR>avoir mangé</TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP> </TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>Il est venu <B>après<BR>que</B><A NAME="46218"> </A>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>pos=conjunction</FONT></SMALL><BR>l'orage a éclaté</TD></TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> <P> </CENTER> <P> Confusion can occur between the <EM>relative pronoun</EM> `que' and the <EM>subordinate conjunction</EM> `que': <P> <EM>Test</EM>: <P> Given <EM>P</EM>, <IMG WIDTH=15 HEIGHT=12 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="tex2html_wrap_inline52213" SRC="img10.gif"> clauses: If <EM>X</EM> has an antecedent in <EM>P</EM> and if it realises the position of an argument of the verb of <IMG WIDTH=15 HEIGHT=12 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="tex2html_wrap_inline52213" SRC="img10.gif">, then <EM>X</EM> is a relative pronoun, otherwise, if <EM>X</EM> has no antecedent in <EM>P</EM> and if it does not realise a verb argument, then <EM>X</EM>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>pos=conjunction & type=subord</FONT></SMALL>. <P> <CENTER> <TABLE COLS=4 BORDER FRAME=BOX RULES=GROUPS> <COLGROUP><COL ALIGN=LEFT><COLGROUP><COL ALIGN=LEFT><COLGROUP><COLGROUP><COL ALIGN=LEFT><COLGROUP><COL ALIGN=LEFT> <TBODY> <TR><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=CENTER NOWRAP COLSPAN=2> <B>pos=p & type=rel</B></TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=CENTER NOWRAP COLSPAN=2><B>pos=conjunction & type=subord</B></TD></TR> </TBODY><TBODY> <TR><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP><B>Description</B></TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP> <B>Example</B></TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP> <B>Description</B></TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP> <B>Example</B></TD></TR> </TBODY><TBODY> <TR><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>relative pronoun</TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>L'homme <B>que</B><A NAME="46256"> </A>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>pos=p &<BR>type=rel</FONT></SMALL> tu vois sur cette<BR>photo s'appelle Pierre</TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>subordinate<BR>conjunction</TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>Il veut<BR><B>que</B><A NAME="46264"> </A>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>pos=conjunction &<BR>type=subord</FONT></SMALL> tu viennes</TD></TR> <TR><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>  </TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>Il s'inquiète de ce<BR><B>que</B><A NAME="46284"> </A>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>pos=p & type=rel</FONT></SMALL><BR>je fais</TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP> </TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>Il s'inquiète de ce<BR><B>que</B><A NAME="46292"> </A>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>pos=conjunction &<BR>type=subord</FONT></SMALL> je fais bien<BR>mon travail</TD></TR> <TR><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>  </TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>Je dis ce <B>que</B><A NAME="46308"> </A>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>pos=p &<BR>type=rel</FONT></SMALL> je pense</TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP> </TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>J'ai dit<BR><B>que</B><A NAME="46316"> </A>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>pos=conjunction &<BR>type=subord</FONT></SMALL> tu allais<BR>venir</TD></TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> </CENTER> <P> Confusion can occur between the <B>pos</B> values <EM>pronoun</EM> and <EM>conjunction</EM>: <P> <EM>Test</EM>: <P> Given <EM>P</EM>, <IMG WIDTH=15 HEIGHT=12 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="tex2html_wrap_inline52213" SRC="img10.gif"> clauses: If <EM>X</EM> realises in <IMG WIDTH=15 HEIGHT=12 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="tex2html_wrap_inline52213" SRC="img10.gif"> a verb argument position and if <IMG WIDTH=15 HEIGHT=12 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="tex2html_wrap_inline52213" SRC="img10.gif"> is a syntactic construction of a certain verb of <EM>P</EM>, such as `demander', then <EM>X</EM> is an interrogative pronoun; otherwise, if <EM>X</EM> does not realise in <IMG WIDTH=15 HEIGHT=12 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="tex2html_wrap_inline52213" SRC="img10.gif"> a verb argument position and if <IMG WIDTH=15 HEIGHT=12 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="tex2html_wrap_inline52213" SRC="img10.gif"> is not a syntactic construction of a certain verb of <EM>P</EM>, such as `demander', then <EM>X</EM> is a subordinate conjunction. <P> <CENTER> <TABLE COLS=4 BORDER FRAME=BOX RULES=GROUPS> <COLGROUP><COL ALIGN=LEFT><COLGROUP><COL ALIGN=LEFT><COLGROUP><COLGROUP><COL ALIGN=LEFT><COLGROUP><COL ALIGN=LEFT> <TBODY> <TR><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=CENTER NOWRAP COLSPAN=2> <B>pos=p & wh-type=int</B></TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=CENTER NOWRAP COLSPAN=2><B>pos=conjunction & type=subord</B></TD></TR> </TBODY><TBODY> <TR><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP><B>Description</B></TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP> <B>Example</B></TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP> <B>Description</B></TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP> <B>Example</B></TD></TR> </TBODY><TBODY> <TR><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>interrogative pronoun</TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>Je me demande ce<BR><B>que</B><A NAME="46363"> </A>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>wh-type=int</FONT></SMALL> tu fais</TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>subordinate<BR>conjunction</TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>Je suis sûr de ce<BR><B>que</B><A NAME="46371"> </A>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>pos=conjunction &<BR>type=subord</FONT></SMALL> tu viens</TD></TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> </CENTER> <P> <HR> <P><ADDRESS> </ADDRESS> </BODY>