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leaves, has been ported to an XML format in order to
be viewed in any browser. We decided to treat fstructures
and subsidiary f-structures as arcs which
contain nodes consisting of features which are
attribute-value pairs. A distinctive node has been
preserved for predicates, which are called Semantic
Words . We also assigned a special structure to
tense/aspect structural nodes which are then treated at
the same level of higher f-structures and assigned to
an arc. We show here below a simple example based
on the sentence "Did Mary like John?"
f([did, mary, like, john, ?], es34).
rete(es34).
leaf(n2, f1, es34).
leaf(n3, yes/no_question, es34).
leaf(n4, like, es34).
leaf(n5, [sn/sogg/esperiente/[umano, animato], sn/ogg/tema_emot/
[stato, umano, animato, oggetto]], es34).
leaf(n6, active, es34).
leaf(n7, ind, es34).
leaf(n8, past, es34).
leaf(n9, emotivo, es34).
leaf(n11, sn1, es34).
leaf(n12, [umano], es34).
leaf(n13, mary, es34).
leaf(n15, fem, es34).
leaf(n16, sing, es34).
leaf(n17, 3, es34).
leaf(n19, 0, es34).
leaf(n21, sn2, es34).
leaf(n22, [umano], es34).
leaf(n23, john, es34).
leaf(n25, mas, es34).
leaf(n26, sing, es34).
leaf(n27, 3, es34).
leaf(n29, 0, es34).
leaf(n14, [+ref, -pro, -ana, -class], es34).
leaf(n24, [+ref, -pro, -ana, -class], es34).
leaf(n30, stato, es34).
leaf(n31, [tr(f1_es34)