17   Intermediate nominal layers (NML)

Outside of the non-clausal coordination scenario (see section 28 for details), NPs do not stack up in this annotation scheme. When there is an absolute need of having an intermediate noun phrase, NML is used. This only occurs when either (i) there is a modifier which modifies a coordinated element, or (ii) when a coordinated element is followed by an appositive quantificational phrase. Below are two examples of the first scenario.

(191)
磁石のＮ極とＳ極が引き合う．

( (IP-MAT (PP (NP (PP (NP (N 磁石))
                      (P の))
                  (NML (CONJP (NP (N Ｎ極))
                              (P と))
                       (NP (N Ｓ極))))
              (P が))
          (NP-SBJ *が*)
          (VB 引き合う)
          (PU ．))
  (ID 2501_dict_vv-lexicon))

(192)
釜石市は特産品を使った弁当や菓子を開発し、食の魅力発信に努める。

( (IP-MAT (PP (NP (NPR 釜石市))
              (P は))
          (NP-SBJ *)
          (IP-ADV (PP (NP (IP-REL (NP-SBJ *T*)
                                  (PP (NP (N 特産品))
                                      (P を))
                                  (NP-OB1 *を*)
                                  (VB 使っ)
                                  (AXD た))
                          (NML (CONJP (NP (N 弁当))
                                      (P や))
                               (NP (N 菓子))))
                      (P を))
                  (NP-OB1 *を*)
                  (VB 開発)
                  (VB0 し))
          (PU 、)
          (PP (NP (PP (NP (N 食))
                      (P の))
                  (N 魅力)
                  (N 発信))
              (P に))
          (VB 努める)
          (PU 。))
  (ID 21_news_KAHOKU_1917))

The second scenario is exemplified below:

(193)
中立的な立場の素粒子物理学者や経済学者ら１０人程度で構成し計画を検証する。

( (IP-MAT (PP (NP (PP (NP (IP-REL (NP-SBJ *T*)
                                  (ADJN 中立的)
                                  (AX な))
                          (N 立場))
                      (P の))
                  (NML (CONJP (NP (N 素粒子物理学者))
                              (P や))
                       (NP (N 経済学者)))
                  (N ら)
                  (PRN (NP;* (NUMCLP (NUM １０)
                                     (CL 人))
                             (N 程度))))
              (P で))
          (NP-SBJ *で*)
          (IP-ADV (NP-OB1 *pro*)
                  (VB 構成)
                  (VB0 し))
          (CONJ *)
          (PP (NP (N 計画))
              (P を))
          (NP-OB1 *を*)
          (VB 検証)
          (VB0 する)
          (PU 。))
  (ID 24_news_KAHOKU_89))