Verb Subcategorization
Verb
Subcats
Example Verb Phrase
give
[NP,PP]
[NP,NP]
give the gold to me
give me the gold
smell
[NP]
[Adjective]
[PP]
smell a wumpus
smell awful
smell like a wumpus
is
[Adjective]
[PP]
[NP]
is smelly
is in 2 2
is a pit
died
[]
died
believe
[S]
believe the wumpus is dead