Next we give an example of a morphological analysis that cannot be carried out in full alignment with the orthographic text, and which therefore makes use of the explicit alignment mechanism in section . The example is the word kutub books in modern Egyptian Arabic. This word may be analyzed as made up of the triconsonantal root ktb having to do with writing and the vowel desinence u noun plural, which is intercalated between the first and second and between the second and third consonants of the root.

<!-- Analysis of the word 'kutub' in modern Egyptian Arabic. --> <f.struct id=kutub> <feature> <f.name> gloss </f.name> <f.struct> books </f.struct> </feature> <feature> <f.name> category </f.name> <f.struct> noun </f.struct> </feature> <feature> <f.name> number </f.name> <f.struct> plural </f.struct> </feature> <feature> <f.name> base </f.name> <f.ptr target=ktb> </feature> <feature> <f.name> inflection </f.name> <f.ptr target=uu> </feature> <feature> <f.name> transcription </f.name> <f.list> <f.struct id=ch1> k </f.struct> <f.struct id=ch2> u </f.struct> <f.struct id=ch3> t </f.struct> <f.struct id=ch4> u </f.struct> <f.struct id=ch5> b </f.struct> </f.list> </feature> </f.struct> <!-- Analysis of the root 'ktb'. --> <f.struct id=ktb> <feature> <f.name> gloss </f.name> <f.struct> having to do with writing </f.struct> </feature> <feature> <f.name> category </f.name> <f.struct> root </f.struct> </feature> <feature> <f.name> transcription </f.name> <f.list> <f.struct id=co1> k </f.struct> <f.struct id=co2> t </f.struct> <f.struct id=co3> b </f.struct> </f.list> </feature> </f.struct> <!-- Analysis of the desinence 'u'. --> <!-- Note that we analyze the vowel as spreading into the --> <!-- positions that it occupies in the word. --> <f.struct id=uu> <feature> <f.name> gloss </f.name> <f.struct> noun plural </f.struct> </feature> <feature> <f.name> category </f.name> <f.struct> desinence </f.struct> </feature> <feature> <f.name> transcription </f.name> <f.struct id=vo1> u </f.struct> </feature> </f.struct> <!-- Alignment among the components of the word 'kutub'. --> <alignment> <!-- The root is aligned with the consonants of the word. --> <al.map> <al.ptr target=ktb> <al.list> <al.ptr target=ch1> <al.ptr target=ch3> <al.ptr target=ch5> </al.list> </al.map> <!-- The desinence is aligned with the vowels of the word. --> <al.map> <al.ptr target=uu> <al.list> <al.ptr target=ch2> <al.ptr target=ch4> </al.list> </al.map> <!-- The individual consonants and vowels of the word are --> <!-- aligned with the individual consonants and vowels of --> <!-- the root and the desinence. --> <al.map> <al.ptr target=ch1> <al.ptr target=co1> </al.map> <al.map> <al.ptr target=ch2> <al.ptr target=vo1> </al.map> <al.map> <al.ptr target=ch3> <al.ptr target=co2> </al.map> <al.map> <al.ptr target=ch4> <al.ptr target=vo1> </al.map> <al.map> <al.ptr target=ch5> <al.ptr target=co3> </al.map> </alignment>