C-command

GPTKB entity

Statements (24)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf syntactic relation
gptkbp:appliesTo constituent structure
phrase structure trees
gptkbp:contrastsWith domination
m-command
gptkbp:definedIn gptkb:Noam_Chomsky
gptkbp:defines Node A c-commands node B if every node dominating A also dominates B, and neither A nor B dominates the other.
gptkbp:example In the tree [S [NP John] [VP saw [NP Mary]]], VP c-commands NP Mary.
In [S [NP John] [VP saw [NP Mary]]], NP John does not c-command NP Mary.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label C-command
gptkbp:importantFor binding theory
scope interpretation
syntactic movement
gptkbp:introducedIn 1970s
gptkbp:relatedTo X-bar theory
government (linguistics)
gptkbp:subspecies non-strict c-command
sister c-command
strict c-command
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:syntax
generative grammar
linguistics
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Syntactic_Theory
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7