Example: <vAlt> (value alternation)

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18 Feature Structures


18.8.1 Alternation

<f name="number.of.bathrooms">
 <vAlt>
  <numeric value="2"/>
  <numeric value="3"/>
 </vAlt>
</f>

18.8.1 Alternation

<f name="rooms">
 <vAlt>
  <fs>
   <f name="number.of.bathrooms">
    <numeric value="2"/>
   </f>
  </fs>
  <fs>
   <f name="number.of.bedrooms">
    <numeric value="2"/>
   </f>
  </fs>
 </vAlt>
</f>

18.8.1 Alternation

<f name="rooms">
 <vAlt>
  <fs>
   <f name="number.of.bathrooms">
    <numeric value="2"/>
   </f>
  </fs>
  <fs>
   <f name="number.of.bedrooms">
    <numeric value="2"/>
   </f>
  </fs>
  <vColl>
   <fs>
    <f name="number.of.bathrooms">
     <numeric value="2"/>
    </f>
   </fs>
   <fs>
    <f name="number.of.bedrooms">
     <numeric value="2"/>
    </f>
   </fs>
  </vColl>
 </vAlt>
</f>

18.8.1 Alternation

<fs type="real_estate_listing">
 <f name="selling.points">
  <vColl org="set">
   <string>alarm system</string>
   <string>good view</string>
   <vAlt>
    <string>pool</string>
    <string>jacuzzi</string>
   </vAlt>
  </vColl>
 </f>
</fs>

18.8.1 Alternation

<fs type="real_estate_listing">
 <f name="selling.points">
  <vColl org="set">
   <vAlt>
    <string>alarm system</string>
    <string>good view</string>
   </vAlt>
   <vAlt>
    <string>pool</string>
    <string>jacuzzi</string>
   </vAlt>
  </vColl>
 </f>
</fs>

18.8.2 Negation

(i) <f name="case">
 <vNot>
  <symbol value="genitive"/>
 </vNot>
</f>
(ii)
<f name="case">
 <vAlt>
  <symbol value="nominative"/>
  <symbol value="dative"/>
  <symbol value="accusative"/>
 </vAlt>
</f>

18.9 Default Values

<f name="gender"/>
<f name="gender">
 <vAlt>
  <symbol value="feminine"/>
  <symbol value="masculine"/>
  <symbol value="neuter"/>
 </vAlt>
</f>

18.9 Default Values

<f name="gender">
 <vAlt>
  <symbol value="feminine"/>
  <symbol value="masculine"/>
 </vAlt>
</f>

<fsdDecl>

<fsdDecl>
 <fsDecl type="GPSG">
  <fDecl xml:id="GPSG-1" name="GPSG_feat1">
   <vRange>
    <vAlt>
     <symbol value="red"/>
     <symbol value="blue"/>
     <symbol value="green"/>
    </vAlt>
   </vRange>
  </fDecl>
<!--other feature declarations for GPSG here ... -->
 </fsDecl>
 <fsdLink
   type="subentry"
   target="http://www.example.com/fsdLib.xml#LX123"/>

</fsdDecl>

<fsdDecl>

<fsdDecl>
 <fsDecl type="GPSG">
  <fDecl xml:id="GPSG-1-fr" name="GPSG_feat1">
   <vRange>
    <vAlt>
     <symbol value="red"/>
     <symbol value="blue"/>
     <symbol value="green"/>
    </vAlt>
   </vRange>
  </fDecl>
<!--other feature declarations for GPSG here ... -->
 </fsDecl>
 <fsdLink
   type="subentry"
   target="http://www.example.com/fsdLib.xml#LX123"/>

</fsdDecl>

<fsDescr>

<fsDecl type="Agreement">
 <fsDescr>This type of feature structure encodes the features
   for subject-verb agreement in English</fsDescr>
 <fDecl name="PERS">
  <fDescr>person (first, second, or third)</fDescr>
  <vRange>
   <vAlt>
    <symbol value="first"/>
    <symbol value="second"/>
    <symbol value="third"/>
   </vAlt>
  </vRange>
 </fDecl>
 <fDecl name="NUM">
  <fDescr>number (singular or plural)</fDescr>
  <vRange>
   <vAlt>
    <symbol value="singular"/>
    <symbol value="plural"/>
   </vAlt>
  </vRange>
 </fDecl>
</fsDecl>

18.11.3 Feature Declarations

<fDecl name="INV">
 <fDescr>inverted sentence</fDescr>
 <vRange>
  <vAlt>
   <binary value="true"/>
   <binary value="false"/>
  </vAlt>
 </vRange>
 <vDefault>
  <binary value="false"/>
 </vDefault>
</fDecl>

18.11.3 Feature Declarations

<fDecl name="CONJ">
 <fDescr>surface form of the conjunction</fDescr>
 <vRange>
  <vAlt>
   <symbol value="and"/>
   <symbol value="both"/>
   <symbol value="but"/>
   <symbol value="either"/>
   <symbol value="neither"/>
   <symbol value="nor"/>
   <symbol value="or"/>
   <symbol value="NIL"/>
  </vAlt>
 </vRange>
 <vDefault>
  <binary value="false"/>
 </vDefault>
</fDecl>

18.11.3 Feature Declarations

<fDecl name="COMP">
 <fDescr>surface form of the complementizer</fDescr>
 <vRange>
  <vAlt>
   <symbol value="for"/>
   <symbol value="that"/>
   <symbol value="whether"/>
   <symbol value="if"/>
   <symbol value="NIL"/>
  </vAlt>
 </vRange>
 <vDefault>
  <if>
   <fs>
    <f name="VFORM">
     <symbol value="INF"/>
    </f>
    <f name="SUBJ">
     <binary value="true"/>
    </f>
   </fs>
   <then/>
   <symbol value="for"/>
  </if>
 </vDefault>
</fDecl>

<fDecl>

<fDecl name="INV">
 <fDescr>inverted sentence</fDescr>
 <vRange>
  <vAlt>
   <binary value="true"/>
   <binary value="false"/>
  </vAlt>
 </vRange>
 <vDefault>
  <binary value="false"/>
 </vDefault>
</fDecl>

<fDescr>

<fDecl name="INV">
 <fDescr>inverted sentence</fDescr>
 <vRange>
  <vAlt>
   <binary value="true"/>
   <binary value="false"/>
  </vAlt>
 </vRange>
 <vDefault>
  <binary value="false"/>
 </vDefault>
</fDecl>

<vRange>

<fDecl name="INV">
 <fDescr>inverted sentence</fDescr>
 <vRange>
  <vAlt>
   <binary value="true"/>
   <binary value="false"/>
  </vAlt>
 </vRange>
 <vDefault>
  <binary value="false"/>
 </vDefault>
</fDecl>

<vDefault>

<fDecl name="INV">
 <fDescr>inverted sentence</fDescr>
 <vRange>
  <vAlt>
   <binary value="true"/>
   <binary value="false"/>
  </vAlt>
 </vRange>
 <vDefault>
  <binary value="false"/>
 </vDefault>
</fDecl>

18.11.5 A Complete Example

<TEI>
 <teiHeader>
  <fileDesc>
   <titleStmt>
    <title>A sample FSD based on an extract from Gazdar
         et al.'s GPSG feature system for English</title>
    <respStmt>
     <resp>encoded by</resp>
     <name>Gary F. Simons</name>
    </respStmt>
   </titleStmt>
   <publicationStmt>
    <p>This sample was first encoded by Gary F. Simons (Summer
         Institute of Linguistics, Dallas, TX) on January 28, 1991.
         Revised April 8, 1993 to match the specification of FSDs
         in version P2 of the TEI Guidelines. Revised again December 2004 to
         be consistent with the feature structure representation standard
         jointly developed with ISO TC37/SC4.
    </p>
   </publicationStmt>
   <sourceDesc>
    <p>This sample FSD does not describe a complete feature
         system. It is based on extracts from the feature system
         for English presented in the appendix (pages 245–247) of
         Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar, by Gazdar, Klein,
         Pullum, and Sag (Harvard University Press, 1985).</p>
   </sourceDesc>
  </fileDesc>
 </teiHeader>
 <fsdDecl>
  <fsDecl type="GPSG">
   <fsDescr>Encodes a feature structure for the GPSG analysis
       of English (after Gazdar, Klein, Pullum, and Sag)</fsDescr>
   <fDecl name="INV">
    <fDescr>inverted sentence</fDescr>
    <vRange>
     <vAlt>
      <binary value="true"/>
      <binary value="false"/>
     </vAlt>
    </vRange>
    <vDefault>
     <binary value="false"/>
    </vDefault>
   </fDecl>
   <fDecl name="CONJ">
    <fDescr>surface form of the conjunction</fDescr>
    <vRange>
     <vAlt>
      <symbol value="and"/>
      <symbol value="both"/>
      <symbol value="but"/>
      <symbol value="either"/>
      <symbol value="neither"/>
      <symbol value="nor"/>
      <symbol value="or"/>
      <symbol value="NIL"/>
     </vAlt>
    </vRange>
    <vDefault>
     <binary value="false"/>
    </vDefault>
   </fDecl>
   <fDecl name="COMP">
    <fDescr>surface form of the complementizer</fDescr>
    <vRange>
     <vAlt>
      <symbol value="for"/>
      <symbol value="that"/>
      <symbol value="whether"/>
      <symbol value="if"/>
      <symbol value="NIL"/>
     </vAlt>
    </vRange>
    <vDefault>
     <if>
      <fs>
       <f name="VFORM">
        <symbol value="INF"/>
       </f>
       <f name="SUBJ">
        <binary value="true"/>
       </f>
      </fs>
      <then/>
      <symbol value="for"/>
     </if>
    </vDefault>
   </fDecl>
   <fDecl name="AGR">
    <fDescr>agreement for person and number</fDescr>
    <vRange>
     <fs type="Agreement"/>
    </vRange>
   </fDecl>
   <fDecl name="PFORM">
    <fDescr>word form of a preposition</fDescr>
    <vRange>
     <vNot>
      <string/>
     </vNot>
    </vRange>
   </fDecl>
   <fsConstraints>
    <cond>
     <fs>
      <f name="INV">
       <binary value="true"/>
      </f>
     </fs>
     <then/>
     <fs>
      <f name="AUX">
       <binary value="true"/>
      </f>
      <f name="VFORM">
       <symbol value="FIN"/>
      </f>
     </fs>
    </cond>
    <bicond>
     <fs>
      <f name="BAR">
       <symbol value="0"/>
      </f>
     </fs>
     <iff/>
     <fs>
      <f name="N">
       <binary value="true"/>
      </f>
      <f name="V">
       <binary value="true"/>
      </f>
      <f name="SUBCAT">
       <binary value="true"/>
      </f>
     </fs>
    </bicond>
    <cond>
     <fs>
      <f name="BAR">
       <symbol value="1"/>
      </f>
     </fs>
     <then/>
     <fs>
      <f name="SUBCAT">
       <binary value="false"/>
      </f>
     </fs>
    </cond>
   </fsConstraints>
  </fsDecl>
  <fsDecl type="Agreement">
   <fsDescr>This type of feature structure encodes the features
       for subject-verb agreement in English</fsDescr>
   <fDecl name="PERS">
    <fDescr>person (first, second, or third)</fDescr>
    <vRange>
     <vAlt>
      <symbol value="1"/>
      <symbol value="2"/>
      <symbol value="3"/>
     </vAlt>
    </vRange>
   </fDecl>
   <fDecl name="NUM">
    <fDescr>number (singular or plural)</fDescr>
    <vRange>
     <vAlt>
      <symbol value="sg"/>
      <symbol value="pl"/>
     </vAlt>
    </vRange>
   </fDecl>
  </fsDecl>
 </fsdDecl>
</TEI>

<vAlt>

<f name="gender">
 <vAlt>
  <symbol value="masculine"/>
  <symbol value="neuter"/>
  <symbol value="feminine"/>
 </vAlt>
</f>

<vAlt>

<f name="gender">
 <vAlt>
  <symbol value="masculine"/>
  <symbol value="neuter"/>
  <symbol value="feminine"/>
 </vAlt>
</f>

<vNot>

<f name="mode">
 <vNot>
  <vAlt>
   <symbol value="infinitive"/>
   <symbol value="participle"/>
  </vAlt>
 </vNot>
</f>

<vNot>

<f name="mode">
 <vNot>
  <vAlt>
   <symbol value="infinitive"/>
   <symbol value="participle"/>
  </vAlt>
 </vNot>
</f>