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Similarly, praise will be
[S3w0t-1 CAUSE (Ow0t-1)]S1w0t0 SAY S2 (GOOD Ow0)
Congratulate has a more complex presupposition:
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In apologize we have two different presuppositions:
[S1w0t-1 CAUSE (Ow0t-1)BAD (Ow0)]S1w0t0 SAY (~S1w0t-1 WANT (CAUSE (Ow0t-1))
S
1w0t0 REGRET (Ow0t-1))
When the use of the word is challenged, the co-text must make clear which one of the two presuppositions is denied, as in the following sentences:
(17) Don't apologize for being late, you are early.
(18) Don't apologize for being late, it is right to arrive at a party half an hour late.
In (17) the first presupposition is denied, and in (18) the second one is denied; in both cases the word apologize is not appropriate to the context.
We said that our description should also account for pragmatic constraints. In particular, it should be able to describe, when it is the case, that a hierarchical relation between participants is presupposed by the use of a certain term. This particular kind of presupposition will be written in brace brackets. So, for example, the description of scold will be
[S2w0t-1 CAUSE (Ow0t-1)]{S1>S2}S1w0t0 SAY S2 (BAD Ow0t-1)
Other verbs of judging are
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forgive: [S2w0t-1 CAUSE (Ow0t-1)BAD (Ow0)S2 SHOULD BE PUNISHED]S1w0t0 NOT PUNISH S2
clear: [S3w0t-1 BELIEVE (S2w0t-2 CAUSE (Ow0t-2))BAD (Ow0)]S1w0t0 SAY S3 (~S2w0t-2 CAUSE (Ow0t-2))

 
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