Homework 8
The task:
- Describe in actual or pseudo-formulas, like we did in class, the meaning of these sentences,
focussing on event and time information.
- Draw, for each sentence, a timeline with Speech, Reference, and Event times/intervals indicated on it.
1. English:
a. Last week, this guy comes into a bar...
b. Every day, John runs a mile.
c. Sportscaster: And Jones kicks the ball into a corner!
2. Russian
V proshlom mes'ace Van'a skazal chto on stroit dom
In last month John said.PAST that he is.building.PRESNT house
Translation: "Last month John said that he was building a house"