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  • Rules for Person agreement for VERB

    The Person values should match between the VERB and its governor (i.e syntactic head) when label = should-match, else any observed agreement is purely by chance (label = need-not-match)

    Agreement
    Person need not match between the VERB and its governor or head when:
    VERB is the= object
    VERB is governed by a= verb
    ( Examples )
    OR

    VERB is governed by a= verb
    ( Examples )
    OR

    VERB is nearby= punctuation
    VERB is governed by a= verb
    ( Examples )
    OR

    VERB is nearby= pronoun
    VERB is governed by a= verb
    VERB is governed by= object
    ( Examples )
    OR

    VERB is nearby= subject
    VERB is the= object
    VERB is governed by a= verb
    ( Examples )
    OR

    VERB is nearby= pronoun
    VERB is the= object
    VERB is governed by a= verb
    VERB is governed by= object
    ( Examples )
    OR

    VERB is governed by= na
    ( Examples )