Quote Imperatives - Nijmegen Centre for Semantics

⎛said that “come!” to his houseto his house(X)say(X⎜⎝ express(y, 〈come! . . .〉, X)et)⎞⎟⎠say⎛⎡⎢⎣⎜⎝“come!” to his houseto his house(X)Xexpress(y, 〈come! . . .〉, X)t⎤⎥⎦⎞⎟⎠to his house. . .⎛⎡⎢⎣⎜⎝“come!”XXexpress(y, 〈come! . . .〉, X)t⎛come!⎞⎝ IMP(come(j)) ⎠t⎤⎥⎦⎞⎟⎠. . .Problems• Taro said “come!” to his house⇒〈to his house . . . tt〉• John said “call!” my mom⇒〈my mom . . . tt〉• Hans hat dir gesagt, “ruf!” meinen Vater “an”⇒ ??10