Exercise 9 in unit 16
Why is it always possible to remove a bracket’s predicate from a sentence without breaking any dependencies?
Solution
First convert the bracket into the corresponding coordination. Then you can remove the object that originally was the bracket’s predicate. Schematically:
Aà ¹ Bèi² Cỳe³. → Aà ¹ Beì² Cỳi². → Aà ¹ Cỳi².
(Bracket inversion works for the same reason. Just exchange the coordination’s objects, B and C, and convert back to a bracket.)
Aà ¹ Bèi² Cỳe³. → Aà ¹ Beì² Cỳi². → Aà ¹ Cỳi².
(Bracket inversion works for the same reason. Just exchange the coordination’s objects, B and C, and convert back to a bracket.)