- Map-Legend:
- S-(X1-X2)-V-(Y)-B
- S-(X1-X2)-(Y)-V-B
- S-(X1-X2)-(Y)-B-V
- S-V-(X1-X2)-(Y)-B
- Mixed Data
- No Data
| Language | Question | Subquestion | Color | Parameter | Value | Preference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amharic | 20 | e | S-(X1-X2)-V-(Y)-B | 1 | ||
| Gagauz | 20 | e | S-(X1-X2)-V-(Y)-B | 0.5 | ||
| Gagauz | 20 | e | S-(X1-X2)-(Y)-V-B | 0.5 | ||
| Gagauz | 20 | e | S-(X1-X2)-(Y)-B-V | 0.5 | ||
| Gagauz | 20 | e | S-V-(X1-X2)-(Y)-B | 0.5 | ||
| Polish | 20 | e | S-V-(X1-X2)-(Y)-B | 0.5 |
(20) Can a subconstituent of an NP be discontinuous from the head of the NP?
e) displaced part of NP is contrastive topic, displacement to the right
Prompt: [What kinds of books about animals] did the professor buy yesterday?
*The professor [a book __] bought (yesterday) about birds and [a comic about cats]. (S-(obj X1-X2)-V-(Y)-B)
*The professor [a book __] (yesterday) bought about birds and [a comic about cats]. (S-(obj X1-X2)-(Y)-V-B)
*The professor [a book __] (yesterday) about birds bought and [a comic about cats]. (S-(obj X1-X2)-(Y)-B-V)
The professor bought [a book __] (?*yesterday) about birds and [a comic about cats]. (S-V-(obj X1-X2)-(Y)-B)
German
Gestern hat der Professor [ein Lexikon __] gekauft über Vögel und [einen Comic über Katzen].
yesterday has the professor a encyclopedia bought about birds and a.ACC comic about cats
'Yesterday the professor bought an encyclopedia about birds and a comic about cats.'
Explanation: Please check for the displacement of adpositional phrases and NPs with peripheral cases (e.g., locative). Make sure that the adpositional phrase cannot be (mis-)interpreted as an adjunct of V (as it could be in the woman wrote (a book) about plants).
Alternative examples that could be used:
the child found [a letter from his grandfather]
the king resented [a question about the lost war]