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L15 HA 6 (verb lexical semantics) (Due: ) HA (Verb Lexical Semantics) This assignment is given with English verbs. You are free to do it with Hindi or other verbs. 1. For all of the following verbs in the blocks world: move, pick, stack, lift, roll; plus two additional verbs of your choice from blocks world Prepare the following: 1.1 Sub-categorization (or vibhakti chart) and karaka charts. (Identify alternations.) 1.2 Karaka-theta role mapping and selectional restrictions. (Q2. not to be done.) 2. Write semantics of the verbs in Q.1 for the blocks world using CG or logic. Give the theta roles, pre-cond and post-cond for each of the verbs. 3. For the verb 'pick' or 'move' repeat Q.1 but without restricting to blocks world. (Hint: Use a dictionary such as Oxford Advanced Learners' Dictionary to identify general senses of the verb. For those doing with Hindi, see Shabdaanjali: English-Hindi e-dict. at http://www.iiit.net, click on 'Resources')..........................................NEXT PREVIOUS INDEX