11.2.4 Subordination

Definition of Subordination.

Let and be DRSs. Then subordinates only if one of the following conditions hold:

1. contains a DRS-condition of the form B ' ;

2. contains a DRS-condition of the form , for some DRS ;

3. is a DRS-condition of some DRS ;

4. contains a DRS-condition of the form or , for some DRS ;

5. Some DRS subordinates , and subordinates .

It is important to realise that subordination is defined differently for and , although they are both two-place connectors in the DRS language.