lingmacros alignment causes compile failure

Question

Without & for alignment, it works perfectly fine.

\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{lingmacros}

\begin{document}

\enumsentence{\shortex{3}
  {Taroo$_i$-ga Yo$_j$-o zibun$_{i/*j}$-no shinshitsu-ni okutta.}
  {Taro-NOM Yo-ACC self-GEN bedroom-DAT sent}
  {`Taro$_i$ sent Yo$_j$ to his$_{i/*j}$ bedroom.'}
}

\end{document}

But when I add the &

\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{lingmacros}

\begin{document}

\enumsentence{\shortex{3}
  {Taroo$_i$-ga & Yo$_j$-o & zibun$_{i/*j}$-no & shinshitsu-ni & okutta.}
  {Taro-NOM & Yo-ACC & self-GEN & bedroom-DAT & sent}
  {`Taro$_i$ sent Yo$_j$ to his$_{i/*j}$ bedroom.'}
}

\end{document}

I get

! Extra alignment tab has been changed to \cr.
<template> \unskip \hfil }\ \endtemplate 

l.10 }

Answer 1

You need to specify the right number of columns for your glosses. Since your gloss line has 5 elements, you need to specify 5 columns.

\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{lingmacros}

\begin{document}

\enumsentence{\shortex{5}
  {Taroo$_i$-ga & Yo$_j$-o & zibun$_{i/*j}$-no & shinshitsu-ni & okutta.}
  {Taro-NOM & Yo-ACC & self-GEN & bedroom-DAT & sent}
  {`Taro$_i$ sent Yo$_j$ to his$_{i/*j}$ bedroom.'}
}

\end{document}