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