Manual


Imperative sentences without an overt subject have category S[b]\NP, as in CCGrebank. For example:

Chiamami
S[b]\NP
.
(S[b]\NP)\(S[b]\NP)

Imperative sentences with an overt subject have category S[b]. For example:

Rufen
((S[b]/PR)/NP)/NP
Sie
NP
mich
NP
an
PR
.
S[b]\S[b]

The English, German and Dutch cohortative constructions are analyzed as imperatives of verbs with an additional first-person plural pronoun argument:

Let
((S[b]\NP)/(S[b]\NP))/NP
us
NP
(S[b]\NP)/(S[b]\NP)
> 0
pray
S[b]\NP
S[b]\NP
> 0
.
(S[b]\NP)\(S[b]\NP)
S[b]\NP
< 0
Lasst
((S[b]\NP)/(S[b]\NP))/NP
uns
NP
(S[b]\NP)/(S[b]\NP)
> 0
beten
S[b]\NP
.
(S[b]\NP)\(S[b]\NP)
S[b]\NP
< 0
S[b]\NP
> 0
Laten
((S[b]\NP)/(S[b]\NP))/NP
we
NP
(S[b]\NP)/(S[b]\NP)
> 0
bidden
S[b]\NP
S[b]\NP
> 0
.
(S[b]\NP)\(S[b]\NP)
S[b]\NP
< 0

The Italian cohortative construction is analyzed as a declarative sentence:

Preghiamo
S[dcl]
.
S[dcl]\S[dcl]
S[dcl]
< 0