Eckhard Bick - VISL

• 2. Co-ordinators are regarded as intra-phrasal, where a step-(1)-element has to cross
them in order to find an eligible head. Otherwise co-ordinators are applied to the
highest level pair of heads that otherwise would contradict the uniqueness principle.
• 3. Clause boundaries are introduced where two uncoordinated arguments clash due
to the uniqueness principle, and between same-level attachment markers that point
away from each other.
• 4. Clause level arguments (including clausal @#-arguments) are attached to the
closest main verb (@MV) in the indicated direction, unless there is an interfering
clause boundary, in which case the first @MV after the second clause boundary is
chosen, and so on.
The gradual introduction of layered parentheses (or tree branching sections) might look
like this:
a) unprocessed flat description:
O pai de o menino que venceu comprou dez
cervejas.
DET-@>N N-@SUBJ> PRP-@N< DET-@>N N-@P< -@#FS-N V-@FMV V-@FMV NUM-@>N N-@N N-@SUBJ> PRP-@N< DET-@>N N-@P< -@#FS-N V-@FMV V-@FMV NUM-@>N N-@N N-@SUBJ> PRP-@N< DET-@>N N-@P< -@#FS-N V-@FMV V-@FMV NUM-@>N N-@N N-@SUBJ> PRP-@N< DET-@>N N-@P< -@#FS-N V-@FMV V-@FMV NUM-@>N N-@ and 2x @FMV, plus
subject/object argument attachment:
(((O pai ) ( de (( o menino) - (que venceu)- ))) comprou (dez
cervejas)).
DET-@>N N-@SUBJ> PRP-@N< DET-@>N N-@P< -@#FS-N V-@FMV V-@FMV NUM-@>N N-@