Mark predicates and arguments
Look at the data below and mark the predicates and arguments that make up the propositional core of the sentence in question.
a) Harry will have bought a book in a bookshop.
| buy
(:vips 7550:) | Harry
(:vips 7551:) | book
(:vips 7552:) | bookshop
(:vips 7553:) |
b) The children are running from the playground to the station.
| run
(:vips 7554:) | children
(:vips 7555:) | playground
(:vips 7556:) | station
(:vips 7557:) |
c) John had obviously melted the snow with a blowtorch.
| melt
(:vips 7558:) | John
(:vips 7559:) | obviously
(:vips 7560:) | snow
(:vips 7561:) | blowtorch
(:vips 7562:) |
d) Henry has been loading hay on the truck already for three hours.
| load
(:vips 7563:) | Henry
(:vips 7564:) | hay
(:vips 7565:) | truck
(:vips 7566:) | already
(:vips 7567:) | hour
(:vips 7568:) |
e) The door was unlocked by Henry.
| unlock
(:vips 7569:) | Henry
(:vips 7570:) | door
(:vips 7571:) |
f) The next hurricane will certainly destroy the whole island.
| destroy
(:vips 7572:) | hurricane
(:vips 7573:) | certainly
(:vips 7574:) | island
(:vips 7575:) |