# Grammar Matrix **URL:** https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/c/grammar-matrix/5.md?page=5 [Latest](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/latest.md) · [Categories](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/categories.md) · [Tags](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/tags.md) **Page:** 6 --- ## [Toggling functions in matrix.js](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/toggling-functions-in-matrix-js/136)
**Author:** [@ekayen](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/ekayen)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2018, 10:23pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/toggling-functions-in-matrix-js/136 "2018-04-25T22:23:06Z")
I’ve been working on a solution to the fact that toggling visibility with toggle\_element() doesn’t persist when you save & stay or switch between pages. Joshua’s solution on the sentential negation subpage seems to work … --- ## [Limitations to manipulating order with INIT](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/limitations-to-manipulating-order-with-init/132)
**Author:** [@ekayen](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/ekayen)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2018, 2:02pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/limitations-to-manipulating-order-with-init/132 "2018-04-04T14:02:21Z")
This one is mostly for Emily, but I thought I’d post it here in case it’s of interest to anyone else. So, I’m using INIT to manipulate the relative ordering of possessor and possessum in cases where they’re joined by he… --- ## [Case agreement on spec-like possessive pronouns](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/case-agreement-on-spec-like-possessive-pronouns/127)
**Author:** [@ekayen](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/ekayen)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2018, 6:44pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/case-agreement-on-spec-like-possessive-pronouns/127 "2018-03-12T18:44:42Z")
I have a question about how to get case agreement between a possessor pronoun and its possessum, like the kind you see in Russian: mo-j drug my-NOM friend.NOM u mo-ego drug-a by my-GEN friend-GEN Agreement … --- ## [Using CASE to limit overgeneration with possessives](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/using-case-to-limit-overgeneration-with-possessives/124)
**Author:** [@ekayen](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/ekayen)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2018, 5:38pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/using-case-to-limit-overgeneration-with-possessives/124 "2018-03-01T17:38:59Z")
Hello all (and Emily in particular), Now that I’m using preexisting phrase types for possessive phrases, I need a way to make sure that 1) a marked possessor never appears without its possessum, and 2) a marked possessu… --- ## [Using INIT in adnominal possession library](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/using-init-in-adnominal-possession-library/123)
**Author:** [@ekayen](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/ekayen)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2018, 10:00pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/using-init-in-adnominal-possession-library/123 "2018-02-28T22:00:07Z")
Hello all, but mostly Olga :), I’ve got a situation similar to the one in the clausal comps library where I need to make sure that possessives only go through one order of head-comps in languages where both orders are i… --- ## [INFLECTED.CASE-FLAG and obligatory/optional position classes](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/inflected-case-flag-and-obligatory-optional-position-classes/121)
**Author:** [@olzama](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/olzama)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2018, 11:41pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/inflected-case-flag-and-obligatory-optional-position-classes/121 "2018-02-23T23:41:18Z")
I do not remember having this issue with any of my illustrative grammars, but now that I am modifying the sample sahaptin \[uma\] grammar, I am seeing the following. I create an obligatory position class for nouns, for ca… --- ## [How to require possessor pronouns to go through bare-np](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/how-to-require-possessor-pronouns-to-go-through-bare-np/119)
**Author:** [@ekayen](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/ekayen)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2018, 10:34pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/how-to-require-possessor-pronouns-to-go-through-bare-np/119 "2018-02-23T22:34:24Z")
Hello all, I’m in the middle of trying to make my library work without any specialized phrase types. I’ve got head-adj-int doing most things just fine, but it breaks down when it comes to possessor pronouns. Like other … --- ## [Constraining poss-unary-rule](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/constraining-poss-unary-rule/120)
**Author:** [@ekayen](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/ekayen)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2018, 10:26pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/constraining-poss-unary-rule/120 "2018-02-23T22:26:03Z")
Right now, I’m working on implementing the analysis for specifier-like possessors that uses the normal head-spec-phrase, rather than head-compositional head-spec. In order to make it work, there’s a unary phrase rule tha… --- ## [Constraining Aux to share HEAD features with complement](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/constraining-aux-to-share-head-features-with-complement/117)
**Author:** [@kphowell](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/kphowell)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2018, 10:31pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/constraining-aux-to-share-head-features-with-complement/117 "2018-02-14T22:31:07Z")
Moseten has a second position irrealis clitic that I’m treating as an auxiliary using Emily’s V2 analysis from the Wambaya paper. The verbs in subordinate clauses have special morphology that corresponds to subordination… --- ## [What does mrs-compare actually compare?](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/what-does-mrs-compare-actually-compare/113)
**Author:** [@ekayen](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/ekayen)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2018, 12:49am UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/what-does-mrs-compare-actually-compare/113 "2018-02-03T00:49:16Z")
I’ve got some regression tests failing after my latest edits in my branch because of MRS differences. After staring at the gold and current MRSs for a while, the only differences I can see are the order of the things on … --- ## [Changing bare-np rule?](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/changing-bare-np-rule/112)
**Author:** [@ekayen](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/ekayen)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2018, 9:06pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/changing-bare-np-rule/112 "2018-01-30T21:06:33Z")
I have one last issue I need to resolve before merging the pronoun blocking edits to the adnominal possession library, and it might involve editing matrix.tdl, so I want to check in before implementing any solution. So, … --- ## [Optionally blocking pronouns from possessive strategies](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/optionally-blocking-pronouns-from-possessive-strategies/110)
**Author:** [@ekayen](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/ekayen)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2018, 9:34pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/optionally-blocking-pronouns-from-possessive-strategies/110 "2018-01-29T21:34:30Z")
I need to figure out a way to allow the user to block pronouns from appearing in the possessor slot in languages that mark either of these with an adposition or clitic (so I can rule out \*the cat of me). I also need to f… --- ## [Justifying head-compositional head-spec (adnominal possession library)](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/justifying-head-compositional-head-spec-adnominal-possession-library/108)
**Author:** [@ekayen](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/ekayen)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2018, 9:20pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/justifying-head-compositional-head-spec-adnominal-possession-library/108 "2018-01-29T21:20:26Z")
This is to follow up on the discussion in the EMB students meeting on whether or not a head-compositional version of head-spec is needed to model some possessive strategies. The ERG uses a normal (non-head-compositional)… --- ## [Which parts of regression tests go into version control?](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/which-parts-of-regression-tests-go-into-version-control/106)
**Author:** [@ekayen](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/ekayen)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2018, 7:41pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/which-parts-of-regression-tests-go-into-version-control/106 "2018-01-24T19:41:53Z")
I’d been having issues with SVN because of some mistakes I made with it early on, and in the process of fixing those mistakes, I tried to clear out all the files listed by svn status by resolving conflicts, restoring old… --- ## [Obligatory Position Class Not Required](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/obligatory-position-class-not-required/104)
**Author:** [@kphowell](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/kphowell)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2018, 9:41pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/obligatory-position-class-not-required/104 "2018-01-22T21:41:04Z")
I’m creating an illustrative grammar and want to constrain nominalized clauses to go through a lexical rule that adds case. I am trying to do this by creating two position classes for nominalzation (called trans-features… --- ## [Possible to constrain matching tense on the verb and aux](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/possible-to-constrain-matching-tense-on-the-verb-and-aux/103)
**Author:** [@kphowell](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/kphowell)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/possible-to-constrain-matching-tense-on-the-verb-and-aux/103 "2018-01-18T20:21:20Z")
I’m creating a grammar for Wambaya as an illustrative language. Wambaya has a 2nd position clitic that agrees with the subject and is also inflected for tense. The tense marking on the clitic should match the tense of th… --- ## [Toggling doesn't persist after saving](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/toggling-doesnt-persist-after-saving/102)
**Author:** [@ekayen](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/ekayen)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 5:50pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/toggling-doesnt-persist-after-saving/102 "2018-01-18T17:50:10Z")
I’ve been using the toggle\_element() function defined in matrix.js pretty extensively in my questionnaire to hide or display some elements. The problem is that when I “save and stay” or go away from the page, while the c… --- ## [Grammar Spins on Parse even though correct Parse is Reached](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/grammar-spins-on-parse-even-though-correct-parse-is-reached/100)
**Author:** [@kphowell](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/kphowell)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2018, 8:58pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/grammar-spins-on-parse-even-though-correct-parse-is-reached/100 "2018-01-16T20:58:31Z")
I have a grammar that spins on almost every sentence I give it and suspect that the non branching rules for my clausal modifier strategies are under-constrained (although this isn’t a problem in any of my pseudo grammars… --- ## [Putting PNG features on a pron\_rel](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/putting-png-features-on-a-pron-rel/96)
**Author:** [@ekayen](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/ekayen)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/putting-png-features-on-a-pron-rel/96 "2018-01-09T20:36:51Z")
For constructions where the possessor pronoun is an affix on the possessum, I need there to be at minimum two sets of PNG features stored on the possessor+possessum form: the possessum’s PNG features, and the possessor’s… --- ## [Identifying HEAD Type](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/identifying-head-type/95)
**Author:** [@kphowell](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/kphowell)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2018, 12:31am UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/identifying-head-type/95 "2018-01-06T00:31:52Z")
For the nominalization lexical rule that Olga and I are creating for nominalized clauses, we need to change the case frame of the verb (it is common for example form nominalized verbs to require a genitive subject instea… --- ## [Python error in sample choices](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/python-error-in-sample-choices/94)
**Author:** [@ekayen](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/ekayen)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2018, 7:38pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/python-error-in-sample-choices/94 "2018-01-05T19:38:57Z")
In my sandbox version of the matrix, I’ve got an error showing up on the main page. I’ve copied the text of the error to the end of this message, but you should be able to see it by going to http://matrix.ling.washington… --- ## [Add-only-no-ccont-rule added as supertype to my new lexical rule](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/add-only-no-ccont-rule-added-as-supertype-to-my-new-lexical-rule/93)
**Author:** [@olzama](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/olzama)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2018, 11:05pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/add-only-no-ccont-rule-added-as-supertype-to-my-new-lexical-rule/93 "2018-01-04T23:05:19Z")
I created a couple new lexical rule types, one inheriting from the other, and I don’t want add-only-no-ccont-rule as a supertype there, but it gets added automatically somehow. I did not add add-only-no-ccont-rule as a … --- ## [Constrain my complement to a specific type](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/constrain-my-complement-to-a-specific-type/84)
**Author:** [@olzama](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/olzama)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2018, 7:16pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/constrain-my-complement-to-a-specific-type/84 "2018-01-03T19:16:48Z")
If I have a complementizer type and a clausal verb type, can I constrain the latter to only combine with the former (rather than any complementizer)? If yes, how? I forgot… Below, can I constrain cverb-comps1-lex-item t… --- ## [Creating supertype for PNG](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/creating-supertype-for-png/92)
**Author:** [@ekayen](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/ekayen)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2018, 2:36pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/creating-supertype-for-png/92 "2018-01-02T14:36:30Z")
In some analyses in my library, I need to have a PNG feature introduced at a new point, namely on the HEAD.POSS feature that I’ve defined in matrix.tdl in my branch: head := head-min & \[ ... POSS poss \]. poss := \*top… --- ## [Merging definitions with/wo SYNSEM on the path](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/merging-definitions-with-wo-synsem-on-the-path/89)
**Author:** [@olzama](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/olzama)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2017, 10:08pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/merging-definitions-with-wo-synsem-on-the-path/89 "2017-12-29T22:08:02Z")
When to include and when not to include SYNSEM in the path to a feature when you are merging something into a definition? For example, this does not seem to work: head-subj-ccomp-phrase := decl-head-subj-phrase & head-… --- ## [POSS feature on HEAD -- help with value names](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/poss-feature-on-head-help-with-value-names/90)
**Author:** [@ekayen](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/ekayen)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2017, 8:28pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/poss-feature-on-head-help-with-value-names/90 "2017-12-29T20:28:14Z")
I’ve added a feature to HEAD in order to make my library work. It’s called POSS, and it is used to mark whether a word is inflected to appear in possessive phrases. I need it to be able to not only have a plus and minus … --- ## [Cleaning up unchecked choices](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/cleaning-up-unchecked-choices/88)
**Author:** [@kphowell](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/kphowell)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2017, 4:10pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/cleaning-up-unchecked-choices/88 "2017-12-29T16:10:08Z")
In a number of our libraries the choices file does not remove a choice after the user as unchecked it or selected a choice that toggles the availability of that choice. For example a user unchecks “Add finite/non-finite … --- ## [Toggling visibility based on radio button](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/toggling-visibility-based-on-radio-button/58)
**Author:** [@ekayen](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/ekayen)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2017, 8:36pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/toggling-visibility-based-on-radio-button/58 "2017-12-28T20:36:43Z")
I’m trying to toggle the visibility of certain bits of my questionnaire based on the answer to a radio-button question. I’m trying to model it on the sentential negation page, where the answer to the first question revea… --- ## [Type definition for basic-head-comp-phrase](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/type-definition-for-basic-head-comp-phrase/86)
**Author:** [@ekayen](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/ekayen)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2017, 4:21pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/type-definition-for-basic-head-comp-phrase/86 "2017-12-22T16:21:57Z")
In at least one analysis, I need to have the head-comp phrase pass up the SPEC value of its head daughter. In matrix.tdl, basic-head-comp-phrase (copied below) passes up the SUBJ and SPR values of the head daughter, but … --- ## [Overwriting tdl added in other libraries](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/overwriting-tdl-added-in-other-libraries/82)
**Author:** [@ekayen](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/ekayen)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2017, 3:32am UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/overwriting-tdl-added-in-other-libraries/82 "2017-12-22T03:32:30Z")
For some of my analyses, I need to change the definition for noun-lex that is added by lexical\_items.py. For example, in one case, I need noun-lex to have a SPR that is of head type +nd rather than det. I’d prefer not to… [Previous page](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/c/grammar-matrix/5.md?page=4) [Next page](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/c/grammar-matrix/5.md?page=6)