Ramchand, Gillian (1998) Deconstructing the Lexicon
Paragraph 1.
1.1.
Tha
tha
tha
V
be.pres
Alasdair
Alasdair
Alasdair
Alasdair
N
Alasdair
N
ag
ag
ag
prog
Asp-P
prog
Asp-P
iarraidh
iarraidh
iarraidh
1
want.vn
VN
want.vn
VN
briosgaid
briosgaid
briosgaid
biscuit
N
biscuit
N
.
Alasdair wants a biscuit
Paragraph 2.
2.1.
Tha
tha
tha
V
be.pres
Alasdair
Alasdair
Alasdair
Alasdair
N
Alasdair
N
air
air
air
1
perf
Asp-P
perf
Asp-P
briosgaid
briosgaid
briosgaid
biscuit
N
biscuit
N
iarraidh
iarraidh
iarraidh
1
want.vn
VN
want.vn
VN
Alasdair has got/requested a biscuit/Alasdair has wanted a biscuit
Paragraph 3.
3.1.
*
Dh'iàrr
dh'iàrr
dh'iàrr
V
ask.past
Alasdair
Alasdair
Alasdair
Alasdair
N
Alasdair
N
briosgaid
briosgaid
briosgaid
biscuit
N
biscuit
N
.
Alasdair got/requested a biscuit/Alasdair wanted a biscuit
Paragraph 4.
4.1.
Dh'iàrr
dh'iàrr
dh'iàrr
V
ask.past
Alasdair
Alasdair
Alasdair
Alasdair
N
Alasdair
N
airson
airson
airson
for
Prep
for
Prep
briosgaid
briosgaid
briosgaid
biscuit
N
biscuit
N
.
Alasdair got/requested a biscuit/Alasdair wanted a biscuit
Paragraph 5.
5.1.
Tha
tha
tha
V
be.pres
Calum
Calum
Calum
Calum
N
Calum
N
a'
a'
a'
1
prog
Asp-P
prog
Asp-P
coimhead
coimhead
coimhead
2
look.vn
VN
look.vn
VN
gòrach
gòrach
gòrach
silly
Adj
silly
Adj
.
Calum looks silly.
Paragraph 6.
6.1.
*
Tha
tha
tha
V
be.pres
Calum
Calum
Calum
Calum
N
Calum
N
air
air
air
1
perf
Asp-P
perf
Asp-P
gòrach
gòrach
gòrach
silly
Adj
silly
Adj
a
a
a
1
tran
Prt
tran
Prt
choimhead
choimhead
coimhead
2
look.vn
VN
look.vn
VN
Calum has looked silly
Paragraph 7.
7.1.
Tha
tha
tha
V
be.pres
Calum
Calum
Calum
Calum
N
Calum
N
air
air
air
1
perf
Asp-P
perf
Asp-P
am
am
an
1
the.sg.m
Det
the.sg.masc
Det
film
film
film
film
N
film
N
a
a
a
1
tran
Prt
tran
Prt
choimhead
choimhead
coimhead
2
look.vn
VN
look.vn
VN
Calum has just finished watching the film
Paragraph 8.
8.1.
Bha
bha
bha
V
be.past
na
na
na
1
the.pl.m
Det
the.pl.m
Det
saighdearan
saighdearan
saighdearan
soldier.pl
N
soldier.pl
N
a'
a'
a'
1
prog
Asp-P
prog
Asp-P
sgriosadh
sgriosadh
sgriosadh
destroy.vn
VN
destroy.vn
VN
a'
a'
a'
2
the.sg.f
Det
the.sg.f
Det
baile
baile
baile
town.gen
N
town.gen
N
The Soldiers were destroying the town
Paragraph 9.
9.1.
Bha
bha
bha
V
be.past
an
an
an
1
the.sg.m
Det
the.sg.m
Det
sgrios
sgrios
sgrios
destruction.vn
VN
destruction.vn
VN
uabhasach
uabhasach
uabhasach
terrible
Adj
terrible
Adj
The destruction was terrible