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Reflexive "by Xself" construction #10

Closed nschneid closed 6 years ago

nschneid commented 6 years ago

"By oneself" is an idiom meaning 'unaccompanied' or 'unassisted'. (Cf. SNACS treatment)

p. 28 says:

"He did it [all_E [by_R himself_C]_C]_D" (it's a D since the expression basically means that he did it alone)

Because the "all" is not necessary for the idiomatic meaning I'm not sure it makes sense to have a nested unit for just "by himself"—why not "[all_D by_R himself_C]_D" or "[all_E by_R himself_C]_D"? (I don't know whether D or E is appropriate for adverb modifiers of PPs; see also #9.)

omriabnd commented 6 years ago

If it's not a Scene unit, it should be an E. Fixed.