D4.5: New language Sketch Grammar module

As explained in ​D4.2, it is not realistic that the construction of the sketch grammar is fully automated. For construction of new the sketch grammars, we used the new methodology described in ​D4.2 which uses the questionnaires filled-in by native speakers.

The basic form of the sketch grammar has the following relations (%w in the name of the relation is replaced by a particular headword):

• ="%w" and/or ... capturing coordinations
• objects of "%w"/verbs with "%w" as object capturing objects, both complement relations
• subjects of "%w"/verbs with "%w" as subject for subjects
• "%w" is .../subjects of "be %w" for adjective predicates and subjects
• "%w" is a .../... is a "%w" for noun predicates and subjects
• pronominal objects of "%w"
• pronominal subjects of "%w"
• modifiers of "%w"/nouns modified by "%w" for noun modifiers
• modifiers also for other parts of speech:
  • modifiers of "%w"/adjectives modified by "%w"
  • modifiers of "%w"/adverbs modified by "%w"
  • modifiers of "%w"/verbs modified by "%w"

For this version of the grammar, the respective parts of the questionnaire are used which means roughly the first 2/3 of the questionnaire.

The full version of the sketch grammar has the following relations, in addition to the ones listed above:

• possessed/possessor typically named according to how the possessor relation is expressed in the language
• pronominal possessors of "%w"
• wh-words following "%w"
• infinitive objects of "%w"
• gerund objects of "%w" in case the language uses gerund
• adjectives after "%w"/verbs before "%w" for adjective complements of verb
• prepositions after "%w"
• range of unary relations according to typical constructions used in the language; common language-independent parts include usage of the words in singular/plural, with various verb tenses and other morphological categories.