ABSTRACT
Inthistheory,aclauseconsistsofasetoflinguisticelements,the
grammaticalrelationstheseelementsbeartotheclauseandthelevel(s)at
whichtheelementsbeargrammaticalrelationstootherelements.
Theinventoryofgrammaticalrelationsinclude:thePredicaterelation,
representedwiththe"P"R-sign,"subject"("1"),"directobject"("2"),
"indirectobject"("3").Thelatterthreerelationsarecalled.trnnrelations.
The1and2relationstogethercomprisethenuclearrelations.Nonterm
relationsincludetheobliquerelationssuchas"Goal","Locative",
"Benefactive","Instrumental",etc.)andaspecialrelation,the"Chomeur"
relation.Finally,thereisthesetofoverlayrelations,oneofwhichis
discussedinChapter7:"Topic".
