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Implement guidelines for sufficiency/excess constructions #423

Open nschneid opened 11 months ago

nschneid commented 11 months ago

https://github.com/UniversalDependencies/docs/issues/672 clarified these guidelines.

106 addresses "so ADJ/ADV (that) CLAUSE".

Here we address "too", "enough", etc.

nschneid commented 11 months ago

@amir-zeldes the first and third of these queries point to errors in GUM too

nschneid commented 11 months ago

I assume "big enough for a rabbit" should be treated like "big enough to hold a rabbit"

nschneid commented 11 months ago
amir-zeldes commented 11 months ago

GUM cases fixed, thanks!

nschneid commented 10 months ago

I take it these are licensed by the comparative, so should attach to the adjective? Right now they attach to the noun.

amir-zeldes commented 10 months ago

I see how the "adopt" one should depend on "best", but I'm less sure for the others. The first one could be fronted and therefore attached to the predicate:

The third one could also be attached to the predicate (so not to "mood" per se, but to "(be) in a better mood". But I also see how the "than" makes an attachment to "better" make sense. Would it be the same if it said "I'm in a much better mood compared to this morning"?

nschneid commented 10 months ago

For the EWT ones: Honestly I think this is a fuzzy area of syntax because we're so good at reconstructing the overall meaning. We understand that the meaning of "best" is qualified (best for a purpose, not necessarily best in general). But it's hard to tell whether "best" is syntactically licensing the complement clause or whether the connection is pragmatic. Maybe both are valid parses.

For the GUM one, I think you need the comparative to license "than". You don't need a comparative to license "compared to":

amir-zeldes commented 10 months ago

OK, will attach to better