Grammatical Relation ✧ ❲ORIGINAL❳
A grammatical relation feature identifies how an argument (usually a noun phrase) is integrated syntactically into a clause. Unlike semantic roles (like "Agent"), grammatical relations are defined by structural properties such as: : The position of the word relative to the verb.
In formal grammar models like Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG) or Lexical Functional Grammar (LFG), features are represented as . Example Draft for a "Subject" Feature: Grammatical Relation - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics grammatical relation
: Whether the verb changes form to match the noun's person or number. 2. Drafting the Feature Structure A grammatical relation feature identifies how an argument