Lahey Grid

USE

COMMUNICATORS

UNCLASSIFIABLE/

NONEXISTENCE
Goal  Numbers

AFFIRMATION

ATTRIBUTION
RECURRENCE

POSSESSION
REJECTION
EXISTENCE

LOCATIVE  
ACTION
ACTION
DENIAL
PHASE

NONE
sw sw sw (sw) sw (sw) (sw) sw sw
1

QUANTITY
Neg  +  C

LOCATIVE
2  Const.
C  +  Neg R  +  S

NOTICE  PERCEPTION
R  +  S (Adj)  +  (N) (N  or  P  +  N) 2  Const. V  +  Prep

STATE
STATE
S  +  R
2 Prep  +  N

TEMPORAL
2-­‐3  Connst> (-­‐s)
3 (+  ATTRIB) (+  EXIST) 3  Const. 3  Const.   2-­‐3  Const.  
V  =  "want" (numbers)

+  RECURR +  ACTION +  EXIST (Neg  +  C) +  ACTION +  EXIST +  ATTRIB VOL  INT
4
'+  POSSESS '+  ACTION '+  PLACE
'+  NONEXIST V  -­‐  S ASPECT
"a" '+  RECURR +Prep   VOL  INT
V  Inflect.
"in"  "on" V-­‐  c  +  VP

SPECIFICATION
'+  VOL  INT   2-­‐3  const. +Dur  -­‐ing
What  Q V=  "want"
-­‐ing -­‐Dur  ireg.  Past
Where  Q "go"

ADDITIVE
irreg.  pst +Habit  -­‐s

CAUSAL

DATIVE
"can't" N'+  S +  POSSESS V  +  Prep
5 (+  ATTRIB)
(+  RECURR)
"didn't" ('+STATE) "don't" Neg  +  C ('+STATE) '+REJECT +  POSSESS
"not" "not" '+ACTION VOL/INT "some" VP+/  c+VP Dem  +  N
+  Copula
ACTION '+LOC.  ACT Multiple V  +  "to"  +  VP "many" NP  +/  c+NP VP  c+VP Dem=  "this" N  +  N
Who  Q
V=  "want" "all" "and" vs  "that
('+LOC.ACT) Coord.
"like"  "have"

6 "now" OBJECTIVE
(+  LOC.  ACT.) +  LOC.  ACT. (+  STATE) +ATTRIB

ADVERSATIVE
(+  RECURR) VP+c+VP +  Prep
(+  POSS.) SEQUENCE c=  "so" "the" "to"

EPISTEMIC
VP  +/  -­‐c+VP "and" "for"
c=  "and" "enter"

VOL/INT V  +  c+  NP  +VP VP  +  c+  NP  +VP

7
"What" V  +  NP-­‐"to"   V+c=  "know  what" c=  "and"  "but"
VP  +c  +  VP (Dem+(is)+c+VP)
"How"  Q +  VP "know  where"

COMMUNICATION
SEQUENCE SUBJECTIVE c=  "what"  
V=  "want"
V-­‐  c  +  NP  +  VP c=  "then" VP  +  c  +VP "where"
V  -­‐  c  +  NP  +VP
V=  "see"  "look" c="so"  "and"
POSSIB SIMULTANEOUS (VP  +  c+  VP) V-­‐c  =  "think"
"because"
"can" c=  "when" c=  "and"

(V  +  c  +  Np  +  VP)
8
VOL/INT V-­‐  c  +NP  +  VP V=  "tell"  "say"  "ask"
V  +  NP+"to"   (V-­‐c="watch"
("When  Q")
+  VP ("show")
+TENSE-­‐Aux=  "is"   (VP+c+Rel  Cl)
V=  "want" V+c+NP+VP "Why"  Q
"was"   c=  "that"
V+c=  "see  what"
OBLIGATION "see  if" ("will")
"should" "look  what"

8+
(Sent+ (Sent+ (Sent+
Sent  +++) Sent  +++) Sent  +++)