Semántica inglesa

Semantics: Mock Exam (February, 2001).
Semantic parameters: (3 points): Describe the semantic parameters and the type of event (mode of
action, activities, ) that characterise the predication in the following sentences.
• His face reddened.
• I pushed open the door.
• She is hearing funny noises in the attic.
• He fell asleep in no time.
• His staff shall receive instructions.
• John lives in London.
• This boy resembles his father.
• John paints water−colours.
• They went to Chicago.
• Last night he drank red wine.
• The wheel was spinning.
• This box contains cigars.
Are the NP's below referential? Answer Y or N. Explain. (3 points)
• Captain Segura reserved a photograph on the desk:. A heap of smashed metal which had once been a car.
And this? : A young man's face in the flashlights: a man's foot touching his shoulders. Do you know him?.
• We had a call from P. Sanchez about a man who had broken into his house with vague threats.
• I could have made a beautiful woman very happy with a necklace of rubies.
• No such profits, of course, were possible for the little man in the streets.
• You've been writing his elegy like a bad novelist preparing an effect.
• I just picked up in case I had to hit someone.
Define the semantic relations that characterise the non−verbal predicates in the following sentences,
and underline the predicator (2 points):
• John is a teacher.
• My mother is the woman in the corner.
• He's very good at his work.
• The meeting will be at three o'clock.
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