3.15. SynType - Coded Syntactic Type

3.15.1. Description

Syntactic type of transcribed utterance

3.15.2. Format

entry             ::=  zero_clause_value | one_clause_value | two_clause_value+
zero_clause_value ::=  "n" | "np" | "p" | "pp" | "adj" | "adjp" | "adv" | "advp" | "z" | "x"
one_clause_value  ::=  "d | ";d" | "i" | ";i" | ";d/i" | "ni" | "q" | ";q" | "S2" | "ORC"
two_clause_value  ::=  "CO | "S1" | "S2" | "SC" | "OC" | "SRC" | "ORC"

3.15.3. Values

Zero clause codes have the following interpretations:

Code	Description
n	Noun
np	Noun phrase
p	Preposition
pp	Prepositional phrase
adj	Adjective
adjp	Adjective phrase
adv	Adverb
advp	Adverb phrase
z	Proper noun
x	Other (“hi”, “ouch”, “bless+you”, etc.)

One clause codes have the following interpretations:

Code	Description
d	Declarative utterance with standard SV(O) word order
;d	Declarative utterance with non-standard word order
i	Imperative utterance with standard V(O) word order
ni	Imperative utterance with “do not” + VERB word order
;i	Imperative utterance with non-standard word order
;d/i	Ambiguous utterance with V(O) word order (only for child utterances)
q	Question with standard inverted word order ((wh-word)? aux SVO)
;q	Question with non-standard word order
ORC	Single NP with relative clause modifier (“the boy you saw”)
S2	Non-verbal head of utterance with clausal argument (“thanks for helping me”)

Two clause codes have the following interpretations:

Code	Description
CO	Coordinated clauses
S1	Subordinate clause positioned before matrix clause
S2	Subordinate clause positioned after matrix clause
SC	Clause acting as subject of an utterance
OC	Clause acting as object of an utterance (complement clause)
SRC	Clause modifying a nominal that is the subject of an utterance
ORC	Clause modifying a nominal that is the object of an utterance

3.15.4. Vertical Dependencies

None

3.15.5. Horizontal Dependencies

SynType is dependent on the Mor Column, the Syn Column, and the Clauses Column.

3.15.6. Depended Upon By

None