[CWB] Sketch Grammars and macros

[Aleksandar Trklja]

Dear all,

I've been trying to create a macro that can classify collocates in terms 
of their syntactic functions (i.e. subject, direct, indirect object) - 
something similar to WordSketch in SE. SE uses numbers to mark specific 
functions.

In the following example "2:" indicates that the final noun in this 
query serves as the head of the object noun phrase.

1:"VB.?" [tag="DT|PRP$"]{0,1} "JJ.?"{0,3} "NN.*"{0,2} 2:"NN.*"


Here is another example with an explanation from SE.

  2:"NN.*" [tag="RB"|tag="VM"]{0,4} [lempos="be-v"] 1:"VBN"

Here the verb in the passive construction (that is, a past participle following the verb “be”) is again marked as the keyword
with the prefix “1:”. The subject is marked with the prefix “2:” and is  thus taken to be the underlying object of the verb. Between the subject  and the verb “be” we allow the possibility of a string of adverbs (“RB”)  and/or modal verbs (“VM”).

Is there a way in CQP macros to mark similar function - for example a 
noun as a head of an object noun phrase?


Thanks for help!


Aleks



-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://liste.sslmit.unibo.it/pipermail/cwb/attachments/20200129/d8d1f83c/attachment.html>