| Lemma | main-verb-of |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Chomsky (1969) |
| Titolo | Aspects of the theory of syntax |
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| Citazioni | Thus suppose that a grammar were to contain the rewriting rules (12) [...] (iii) VP → V⁀NP ('examine Bill'); (iv) VP → V ('leave'); (v) VP → V⁀NP⁀Sentence ('persuade Bill that John left') [...] Main-Verb-of is defined by (iii), (iv) and (v), so that 'examine', 'leave', 'persuade' are the Main-Verbs of the accompanying examples. Thus Subject-Verb can be defined as the relation between the Subject-of a Sentence and Main-Verb-of the Predicate-of the Sentence […]. |