Tour Page 7 - Descriptive Patterns
Languages use many means for describing objects. English allows for a string of
adjective phrases to describe a following noun. Another frequently used clause pattern
has an adjective phrase follow the noun with a linking verb in between, or when
not in a clause the adjective phrase follows the noun immediately. The program displays
each of these as shown in the examples below.
This first provides more detail for the noun "lady". Which lady? The very little
one. The American one. The old one. Size. Origin. Age.
The very little old lady is happy.
This next example is a noun modified by a following adjective phrase, "walking
the dog".
This provides more detail for the noun "robot". Which robot? The one walking the
dog. The American one. And we can take it even further using the clause itself -
the one who walked. The more information we receive in a clause, the better our ability
to determine the word senses intended.
The American robot walking the dog walked.