Sorkin example

[nschneid]

We went through one of the Sorkin passages in class. Here is our best attempt.
It raised a few questions:

1. Is "Syracuse University" unanalyzable? p. 14 says names in general are not, but "University of Texas" is. (Also: What about "Texas A&M University"?)

2. "his freshman year": unclear how to treat the possessive (Category typos? #3)

3. "It was a devastating setback": It_A was_S [[a_E setback_C]_P devastating_D]_A ? Because "devastating" is deverbal should it also be scene-evoking?

4. "He wanted to be an actor": [an [actor]_P+A]_S ? Cf. "the judge": scene-evoking? #25 and the "taxi driver" guidelines example, where the noun names a profession is considered to evoke the scene of performing that profession. (But would "professor" also be considered scene-evoking given that the activity is not "professing"?)

5. "...did not allow students to take the stage until they completed all the core freshman classes": The negation seems to scope over "until", but "allow" is arguably a secondary verb. Does the negation belong only to the "take the stage" scene and not to the completion-of-classes scene? (Request: Example of modal that scopes over multiple parallel scenes #29)

6. Should "classes" be considered scene-evoking? Should "completed" be its secondary verb? Does "freshman" merely modify or is it a participant of classes?

[nschneid]

Is "Syracuse University" unanalyzable? p. 14 says names in general are not, but "University of Texas" is. (Also: What about "Texas A&M University"?)

It is analyzable (#30).

Should "classes" be considered scene-evoking?

Omri said yes.

[nschneid]

"It was a devastating setback": It_A was_S [[a_E setback_C]_P devastating_D]_A ? Because "devastating" is deverbal should it also be scene-evoking?

Related to #22. "Devastating" cannot be both a process and a D. Probably leave as above.

[omriabnd]

"It was a devastating setback": It_A was_S [[a_E setback_C]_P devastating_D]_A ? Because "devastating" is deverbal should it also be scene-evoking?
Yes but not because it's deverbal, but because there's a state involved (someone is devastated)

"...did not allow students to take the stage until they completed all the core freshman classes": The negation seems to scope over "until", but "allow" is arguably a secondary verb. Does the negation belong only to the "take the stage" scene and not to the completion-of-classes scene? (#29)
We do not resolve such fine scope distinctions, so we always put the negation in the Scene level.

"...did not allow students to take the stage until they completed all the core freshman classes": The negation seems to scope over "until", but "allow" is arguably a secondary verb. Does the negation belong only to the "take the stage" scene and not to the completion-of-classes scene? (#29)
Good question. My tendency would be to say that "class" is scene-evoking and that "completed" is a secondary verb.