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Now consider the presence of a natural entity in a subject position select- ing for an artifactual type. This is the case in (71a); to satisfy the typing requirements on the predicate, the coercion rule of Introduction is required to wrap the natural type with a functional interpretation; that is, this water was going to be used for something, it had some function intended for it. The derivation is shown below.

Figure 4 Now consider the presence of a natural entity in a subject position select- ing for an artifactual type. This is the case in (71a); to satisfy the typing requirements on the predicate, the coercion rule of Introduction is required to wrap the natural type with a functional interpretation; that is, this water was going to be used for something, it had some function intended for it. The derivation is shown below.

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To better understand the interactions between these operations, let us walk through some examples illustrating each of these selectional opera- tions. We start with the set of predicates selecting for a natural type ar- gument. Consider the intransitive verb fall, as it appears with natural, artifactual, and complex arguments, respectively. The typing on the head noun for each example is given in parentheses.
To better understand the interactions between these operations, let us walk through some examples illustrating each of these selectional opera- tions. We start with the set of predicates selecting for a natural type ar- gument. Consider the intransitive verb fall, as it appears with natural, artifactual, and complex arguments, respectively. The typing on the head noun for each example is given in parentheses.
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