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J

J connects prepositions to their objects.

             +-Mp+----J---+    +-----MVp----+-J-+
             |   |        |    |            |   |
        The man with the hat chased the dog on Tuesday
Proper and common nouns, accusative pronouns, and other words that can act as noun-phrases have "J-" disjoined with their S+, SI-, and O- connectors.

Prepositions have "J+ & (Mp- or MVp-)". "Mp" is used for prepositions modifying nouns; "MVp" is used for prepositions modifying verbs and adjectives. Prepositions may also have other connectors, disjoined with J+, such as Mg+, Mv+, and QI+; see "MV: Other Uses of MVp and MVs".

Jw: Questions

Jw is used to connect prepositions to noun-phrase question-words in the construction "To whom were you speaking?" The construction formed here is very similar to that formed for determiner-question-words, as in "To which person were you speaking?" See "JQ" for an explanation. Jw is also used in prepositional relative clauses, like "The room IN WHICH I was working was cold". See "Mj".

Jr, Jm, Jy: Relative and comparative clauses

Regarding Jr, see "B: Noun-Modifying Prepositional-Object Relative Clauses". Jm and Jy relate to comparatives; see "MV: Comparatives", sections II (Jm) and VII (Jy).

Jd: Determiners

Jd is used with quantifying or quasi-numeric determiners. The resulting linkage forms a loop, together with the D link, thus:
               +----------Op---------+
               |         +----Dmc----+
               |   +--Ds-+-OFd-+--Jd-+
               |   |     |     |     |
        I.p have.v a number.d of cookies.n 
In the above example "a number of" is acting effectively as a determiner phrase. Thus, its head word, "number", gets a D+ link. Yet, the phrase ends with a preposition that shouldn't dangle, and so, for this case, a Jd+ link is also used to complete the loop. Plural and mass nouns have a (Jd- & D- & O-) disjunct on them.

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