LinGO Grammar Matrix

Matrix customization and download page

Version of 2/3/2006

By filling out this form, you will produce an initial starter package for your grammar, consisting of the language-independent core, appropriate word order, negation, and polar question modules (if available), some initial lexical types, and a tiny lexicon. Note that this small fragment will only treat matrix (main) clauses.

Be advised that this system is highly experimental. We are interested in your feedback. If you have questions or comments, please email Emily Bender at: ebender at u dot washington dot edu.

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Language

e.g., Basque or Hawaiian_Creole:


Word Order

Please indicate which pattern best describes the basic word order of your language in matrix (main) clauses:
a) SOV
b) SVO
c) VSO
d) OSV
e) OVS
f) VOS
g) V-final
h) V-initial
i) free (pragmatically determined) word order

Note: Modules for V2 order (auxiliary second, all else free or finite verb second, non-finite verb clause-finally) and differing word order between matrix and subordinate clauses are currently under development.

Does your language have determiners (as independent words)? yes no

If so, what is the order of determiners with respect to nouns? Noun-Det Det-Noun


Sentential Negation

Please indicate which strategy or strategies your language uses for sentential negation (as distinct from constituent negation). (You may leave this section blank, in which case your grammar will not include any information about negation.)

Notes: The following options are not yet implemented: Negative inflection of non-finite verbs, special negative auxiliaries.

If you have selected both inflectional and adverbial negation, please indicate which of the following best describes your language:

Note: We assume that when negation is expressed via both inflection and an adverb at the same time, the adverb is treated as a selected complement.


Coordination

Languages can have have multiple ways of marking coordination that can differ among the various parts of speech. The Matrix supports both lexical and morphological marking of coordination in several patterns. These patterns include:

Monosyndeton
"A B and C" (one coordinand marked; also permits "A and B and C")
Polysyndeton
"A and B and C" (for N coordinands, N-1 marked)
N-Polysyndeton
"and A and B and C" (all coordinands marked)
Asyndeton
"A B C" (no marking; also called "juxtaposition")
Coordination Strategy 1:
in which nouns NPs VPs sentences
are marked in a monosyndeton polysyndeton N-polysyndeton asyndeton   pattern
by a word affix spelled that comes before after the coordinand.
Coordination Strategy 2:
in which nouns NPs VPs sentences
are marked in a monosyndeton polysyndeton N-polysyndeton asyndeton   pattern
by a word affix spelled that comes before after the coordinand.

Matrix Yes-No Questions

Please indicate which strategy your language uses to form matrix yes-no questions. Notes: You may leave this section blank, in which case your grammar will not include any information about questions. At present, you may select only one strategy.


Basic Lexicon

Please use full form lexical entries (not stem forms or citation forms). This form can only accept lower ascii alphanumerics (a-z, A-Z, 0-9, _).

Noun 1:

Noun 2:

Intransitive verb:

Transitive verb:

Auxiliary verb (if applicable):

Determiners (if applicable):

If your two nouns require different determiner forms (e.g., because of agreement in case or gender, etc.), define the two deteminers here. Note that the initial definitions won't include agreement information. This will be addressed in the lab.

Case marking adposition -- Subjects (if applicable):

Case marking adposition -- Objects (if applicable):

Negative adverb (if applicable):


Some test sentences

By filling out the following two fields, you will give the LKB default strings to put into the parse dialog. Please write two sentences using only the vocabulary defined above. NB: This script can only handle lower ascii alphanumeric characters.

Sentence 1:

Sentence 2:


How would you like the files delivered?

When you push "submit", a customized version of the matrix will be created for you, and a page will appear with a link to download the material. The matrix is not a single file, but actually a directory of files. In order to simplify downloading, it will be compressed into an archive. Choose the archive type that works best with your OS. If you are using Mac OS X or linux, choose .tar.gz. If you are using Windows, choose .zip.

Archive type: .tar.gz .zip.