m-command

m-command
A noun is a word that refers to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., femme, chat, maison).
noun
a. la m-commande
(f) means that a noun is feminine. French nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la dame or la lune) or masculine (like l'homme or le soleil).
(F)
We used m-command to analyze the syntactic relationship between two different constituents in a sentence.Nous avons utilisé la m-commande pour analyser la relation syntaxique entre deux différents constituants d'une phrase.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., acheter).
transitive verb
a. m-commander
The professor asked the class to determine whether the auxiliary m-commands the adverb in the syntax tree.Le professeur a demandé à la classe de déterminer si l'auxiliaire m-commandait l'adverbe dans l'arbre syntaxique.
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