BENEFICIARY

(El)	(cartero)	(no )	(me )	(dio)	(la)	(carta)	(.)
DEFINITE-ARTICLE	CARTERO	NO	ME	DAR	DEFINITE-ARTICLE	CARTA	ELLIPSISZERO

The postman not gave me the letter.

(EXAMPLE
     :NAME                   BENEFICIARY
     :GENERATEDFORM          "El cartero no me dio la carta."
     :GLOSS                  ( :ENGLISH "The postman not gave me the letter.")
     :TARGETFORM             "El cartero no me dio la carta."
     :LOGICALFORM
     (GIVE / MATERIAL-PROCESS
          :ACTOR
          (POSTMAN / PERSON
               :LEX CARTERO
               :DETERMINER DEFINITE-ES )

          :ACTEE
          (LETTER / THING
               :LEX CARTA
               :DETERMINER DEFINITE-ES )

          :BENEFICIARY (SPEAKER / MALE )
          :LEX DAR
          :TENSE PAST
          :POLARITY NEGATIVE )
     :SET-NAME               MATERIAL
     )

Structure:

Function Structure: 
  [SENTENCE]
     [SUBJECT#1/ACTOR#1]
         [DEICTIC#2]
             [STEM#5].. = "El"
         [THING#2]
             [STEM#3]
                 [HEAD#4].. = "cartero"
     [NEGATOR#1].. = "no  "
     [FINITE#1/PROCESS#1]
         [IC-CLITIC#11].. = "me  "
         [STEM#11/ENDING#11].. = "dio"
     [DIRECTCOMPLEMENT#1/GOAL#1]
         [DEICTIC#6]
             [STEM#9].. = "la"
         [THING#6]
             [STEM#7]
                 [HEAD#8].. = "carta"
     [BENEFICIARY#1/INDIRECTCOMPLEMENT#1]
         [THING#10].. = "."
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