antecedent ANTE


1) a relation of MultiNet holding between a (or , , or ) and a another (or , , or ) which restricts the existence in time of the first to a time previous to that of the second, ¶4-3-7, figure 2;
2) that part of a main clause that refers to the same thing to which the connective of a relative clause refers and which the clause modifies, ¶16-1-1; in parataxis the a. refers to an object of anaphora