Implement guidelines for sufficiency/excess constructions

[nschneid]

UniversalDependencies/docs#672 clarified these guidelines.

#106 addresses "so ADJ/ADV (that) CLAUSE".

Here we address "too", "enough", etc.

• advcl improperly attached to degree modifier
• ccomp (rather than advcl) under degree modifier
• ccomp (rather than advcl) under ADJ

[nschneid]

@amir-zeldes the first and third of these queries point to errors in GUM too

[nschneid]

• obl improperly attached to degree modifier

I assume "big enough for a rabbit" should be treated like "big enough to hold a rabbit"

[nschneid]

• a few more to inspect

[amir-zeldes]

GUM cases fixed, thanks!

[nschneid]

• the School is the best place for getting a great graduate-level education [EWT]
• the best one to adopt [EWT]
• I'm in a much better mood than I was this morning. [GUM]

I take it these are licensed by the comparative, so should attach to the adjective? Right now they attach to the noun.

[amir-zeldes]

I see how the "adopt" one should depend on "best", but I'm less sure for the others. The first one could be fronted and therefore attached to the predicate:

• For getting a great education school is the best place

The third one could also be attached to the predicate (so not to "mood" per se, but to "(be) in a better mood". But I also see how the "than" makes an attachment to "better" make sense. Would it be the same if it said "I'm in a much better mood compared to this morning"?

[nschneid]

For the EWT ones: Honestly I think this is a fuzzy area of syntax because we're so good at reconstructing the overall meaning. We understand that the meaning of "best" is qualified (best for a purpose, not necessarily best in general). But it's hard to tell whether "best" is syntactically licensing the complement clause or whether the connection is pragmatic. Maybe both are valid parses.

For the GUM one, I think you need the comparative to license "than". You don't need a comparative to license "compared to":

• I'm in a good mood compared to yesterday.
• *I'm in a good mood than yesterday.

[amir-zeldes]

OK, will attach to better