COMPARATIVE_QUANTITY_THRESHOLD

(Bus) ( ) (tant) (o) (s) (eslabón) (es) (perdid) (o) (s) (que ) (nunca) (tuv) (ieron) ( ) (tiempo) (de ) (existir) (es) (van) (o)
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BUSCAR ELLIPSISZERO -- O-ENDING S-ENDING ESLABON ES-ENDING -- O-ENDING S-ENDING QUE NUNCA TENER IERON-ENDING ELLIPSISZERO TIEMPO DE EXISTIR SER -- O-ENDING

(it) is vain to-look-for so-many links missing that never had(pfv) time to-exist.

(EXAMPLE
     :NAME                   COMPARATIVE_QUANTITY_THRESHOLD
     :GENERATEDFORM          "Buscar tantos eslabónes perdidos que nunca tuvieron tiempo de existir es vano."
     :GLOSS                  ( :ENGLISH
                               "(it) is vain to-look-for so-many links missing that"
                               "never had(pfv) time to-exist.")
     :TARGETFORM             "Es vano buscar tantos eslabones perdidos que nunca tuvieron tiempo de existir."
     :LOGICALFORM
     (BE / PROPERTY-ASCRIPTION
          :DOMAIN
          (LOO / MATERIAL-PROCESS
               :LEX BUSCAR
               :METATHING-TYPE-Q NONFINITE
               :ACTEE
               (ESL / THING
                    :LEX ESLABON
                    :NUMBER PLURAL
                    :INDEFINITE-QUANTITY AS-ES
                    :PROPERTY-ASCRIPTION
                    (LOS / QUALITY
                         :LEX PERDIDO )

                    :PROCESS
                    (HAV / GENERALIZED-POSSESSION
                         :TENSE PAST
                         :FREQUENCY
                         (NEV / DEICTIC
                              :LEX NUNCA )

                         :DOMAIN ESL
                         :RANGE
                         (TIM / THING
                              :LEX TIEMPO
                              :RANGE
                              (OF / SUBJECT-MATTER
                                   :EVENT-Q EVENT
                                   :PROCESS
                                   (EXI / MATERIAL-PROCESS
                                        :LEX EXISTIR )
                                   )
                              )
                         )
                    )
               )

          :RANGE
          (VAI / QUALITY
               :LEX VANO )
          )
     :SET-NAME               QUANTIFICATION
     )


Structure:


Function Structure: 
  [SENTENCE]
     [SUBJECT#1/CARRIER#1]
         [NONFINITIVE#2/PROCESS#2]
             [STEM#24/ENDING#24]
                 [HEAD#25].. = "Bus"
         [DIRECTCOMPLEMENT#2/GOAL#2]
             [DEICTIC#3].. = "  "
             [NUMERATIVE#3]
                 [STEM#17]
                     [HEAD#18].. = "tant"
                 [GENDER-ENDING#17].. = "o"
                 [PLURAL-ENDING#17].. = "s"
             [THING#3]
                 [STEM#19]
                     [HEAD#20].. = "eslabón"
                 [PLURAL-ENDING#19].. = "es"
             [STATUS#3]
                 [QUALITY#21]
                     [STEM#22]
                         [HEAD#23].. = "perdid"
                     [GENDER-ENDING#22].. = "o"
                     [PLURAL-ENDING#22].. = "s"
             [EVENT#3]
                 [POSSESSOR#4/WH#4/CARRIER#4/TOPICAL#4/SUBJECT#4]
                     [THING#5].. = "que  "
                 [FREQUENCY#4]
                     [CIRCUMSTANCE#6]
                         [STEM#7]
                             [HEAD#8].. = "nunca"
                 [FINITE#4/PROCESS#4]
                     [STEM#16].. = "tuv"
                     [ENDING#16].. = "ieron"
                 [ATTRIBUTE#4/POSSESSED#4]
                     [DEICTIC#9].. = "  "
                     [THING#9]
                         [STEM#14]
                             [HEAD#15].. = "tiempo"
                     [QUALIFICATION#9]
                         [MINORPROCESS#10].. = "de  "
                         [MINIRANGE#10]
                             [NONFINITIVE#11/PROCESS#11]
                                 [STEM#12/ENDING#12]
                                     [HEAD#13].. = "existir"
     [FINITE#1/PROCESS#1]
         [STEM#29/ENDING#29].. = "es"
     [ATTRIBUTE#1]
         [QUALITY#26]
             [STEM#27]
                 [HEAD#28].. = "van"
             [GENDER-ENDING#27].. = "o"


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