MoLE (version 1.0.1)

TYPEMATCH: Determine role qualification

Description

Determine event-role distribution of participants on the basis of role qualification.

Usage

TYPEMATCH(hearerID, analysis)

Arguments

hearerID

Pointer to hearer agent

analysis

Analyzed utterance in which verb and participants have been identified

Value

Analysis with event-role assignment (if possible on the basis of role qualifications)

Details

Typematch is only necessary if explicit markers and/or grammar are not sufficiently informative

References

Aristar, A. R. 1997. "Marking and hierarchy. Types and the grammaticalization of case markers". Studies in Language 21:2.313-368.

See Also

PROTOINTERPRETATION

Examples

# NOT RUN {
FOUND()
situation=SITUATION(1)
proposition=PROPOSITION(1, situation)
utterance=PRODUCE(1, proposition)
analysis=ANALYZE(2, utterance, situation)
TYPEMATCH(2, analysis)
# }