POSSIBILITY

( ) ( ) (Pod) (rķa) (estar) (dic) (iendo) (la) (verdad)
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ELLIPSISZERO ELLIPSISZERO -- RIA-ENDING ESTAR DECIR IENDO-ENDING DEFINITE-ARTICLE VERDAD

(He)might be telling the truth.

(EXAMPLE
     :NAME                   POSSIBILITY
     :GENERATEDFORM          "Podrķa estar diciendo la verdad."
     :GLOSS                  ( :ENGLISH "(He)might be telling the truth.")
     :TARGETFORM             "Podrķa estar diciendo la verdad."
     :LOGICALFORM
     (TEL / VERBAL-PROCESS
          :SAYER
          (HE / MALE
               :SUBSTITUTION ELLIPSIS )

          :SAYING
          (TRU / THING
               :LEX VERDAD
               :DETERMINER DEFINITE-ES )

          :LEX DECIR
          :ASPECT PROGRESSIVE
          :MODALITY POSSIBILITY )
     :SET-NAME               MODALITY
     )

Structure:


Function Structure: 
  [SENTENCE]
     [SUBJECT#1/SAYER#1]
         [DEICTIC#2].. = "  "
         [THING#2].. = "  "
     [MODAL#1/FINITE#1]
         [STEM#10]
             [HEAD#11].. = "Pod"
         [LINKER#10/ENDING#10].. = "rķa"
     [ASPECT#1/MODAL-DEPENDENT#1]
         [STEM#8/ENDING#8]
             [HEAD#9].. = "estar"
     [PROCESS#1/ASPECTDEPENDENT#1]
         [STEM#7].. = "dic"
         [ENDING#7].. = "iendo"
     [DIRECTCOMPLEMENT#1/VERBIAGE#1/SAYING#1]
         [DEICTIC#3]
             [STEM#6].. = "la"
         [THING#3]
             [STEM#4]
                 [HEAD#5].. = "verdad"
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