Re: [SHOEBOX] answers to David and jeff

> From: WickedBob@aol.com [mailto:WickedBob@aol.com]
>
> In a message dated 7/21/00 10:49:17 AM Central Daylight Time,
> dbell@GRAYWIZARD.NET writes:
>
> > Shoebox forces me to define
> >  one of these (I chose the mood prefix) as a root.
>
> If I were you, I would set up an alternate form under the
> lexicon's entry for
> the mood prefixes, with the hyphen lost... so they would appear as:
>
> \lx el-
> \a el
> \u el-
>
> What this would do is allow the entries in your dictionary to be
> printed as
> the lx field, but parsing will recognize the moods as being
> acceptable roots
> in your auxiliaries.  Unfortunately I have no idea right now how
> to solve the
> null morpheme problem.  If I ever run into it I'll see what I turn up.

Ausgezeichnet!!  Thanks Jeff.  I just tried this and not only does it work,
it at least gives the appearance of parsing a rootless form, thus:

The wizard is gray

\t i   guronar              mith delivas
\m i   cur   =ron  -nar     mith de-    el-        -iv  -as
\g the skill =aug  -one.who gray color- assertive- -hab -pres
\p DET N     =SUFF -AGTV    N    ADJ-   MOOD-      -ASP -TENSE
\f the wizard               gray is

That solves that problem.  Now about them null morphemes?

David

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