VP Ellipsis in a DRT-implementation
Johan Bos · 1993
introduced Predicate-DRSs for the resolution of VP Ellipsis.In that approach a Predicate~DRS (henceforth PDRS) serves as the representation of a verb phrase, as will be shown in an example now.Consider: Nancy likes a cat.(1) Betty does too.This discourse is interpreted as meaning that Nancy and Betty both like a cat (though not necessarily the same cat).The source clause, Nancy likes a cat, parallels the target clause Betty does too, where the subjects are parallel elements.The phrase does too represents a trace of the VP in the target clause.Klein's treatment of (1) is shown in (2).