Term Relations
In Relational Grammar, constituents that serve as the arguments to predicates are numbered. This numbering system corresponds loosely to the notions of subject, direct object and indirect object. The numbering scheme is subject → (1), direct object → (2) and indirect object → (3). A schematic representation of a clause in this formalism might look like:
| 1 | P | 3 | 2 |
| John | gave | Mary | a kiss |
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