Suggested answer for Exercise 10

The words are classified according to their category in the following table.

V	N	A (Adj/Adv)	P	I	D	Deg	C
go	girl holiday Haiti man	pretty surely luxury tall young	for in with	will	the a	very
change	idea trade reform situation countries	excellent probably economic African	about of	can	his the
sent	picture president buildings company France	big old former electric Southern	to of in	has been	a the	very
announce built	spokesman houses centre London year	modern	in of for	may have been ed	the a	most	that
destroyed	ruins earthquake century	ancient big	by of	might have been	the	-est

Lexical entries are given here:

Verbs

a	go	category:	[–F, –N, +V]
		Θ-grid:	<agent,	goal>
		subcat:		[prepositional]
b	change	category:	[–F, –N, +V]
		Θ-grid:	<source,	patient>
		subcat:		[nominal]
c	send	category:	[–F, –N, +V]
		Θ-grid:	<(agent),	theme,	goal>
		subcat:		[nominal,	prepositional]
d	announce	category:	[–F, –N, +V]
		Θ-grid:	<agent,	proposition>
		subcat:		[sentence]
	build	category:	[–F, –N, +V]
		Θ-grid:	<(agent),	theme,	location>
		subcat:		[nominal,	prepositional]
e	destroy	category:	[–F, –N, +V]
		Θ-grid:	<(agent),	patient>
		subcat:		[nominal]

 

Auxiliaries

a	will	category:	[+F, –N, +V]
		subcat:	[verbal]
b	can	category:	[+F, –N, +V]
		subcat:	[verbal]
c d e	have	category:	[–N, +V]
		subcat:	[verbal]
c d e	be	category:	[–N, +V]
		subcat:	[verbal]
d	may	category:	[+F, –N, +V]
		subcat:	[verbal]
	-ed	category:	[+F, –N, +V]
		subcat:	[verbal]
e	might	category:	[+F, –N, +V]
		subcat:	[verbal]

 

Degree adverbs

a c	very	category:	[+F, +N, +V]
		subcat:	[adjectival]
d	most	category:	[+F, +N, +V]
		subcat:	[adjectival]
e	-est	category:	[+F, +N, +V]
		subcat:	[adjectival]