Extra Syntax Practice

November 4, 2011

Try drawing tree structures for the following sentences using the phrase structure rules below:

CP C S S NP VP VP VP PP NP (D) N’ S CP VP VP VP CP N’ N PP P NP VP V (NP) N’ A N’ PP P S VP Aux VP N’ N’ PP α α and α N’ N’ CP

Key to More Practice:

(1) The gigantic yellow bee worried Maxine. The first noun phrase in this sentence (the gigantic yellow bee) contains a noun phrase with a determiner (the) and two adjectives (gigantic, yellow). The two adjectives each modify a N’ level in the noun phrase. S q p NP VP 4 3 D N’ V NP 1 3 1 1 the A N’ worried N’ 1 3 1 gigantic A N’ N 1 1 1 yellow N Maxine 1 bee

(2) Every kid from syntax class came to the party. S q p NP VP 4 3 D N’ VP PP 1 3 1 2 every N’ PP V P NP 1 3 1 1 2 N’ P NP came to D N’ 1 1 1 1 from N’ the N 2 1 A N’ party 1 1 syntax N 1 class (3) Maxine likes every yellow bee and purple ant. S q p NP VP 1 qp N’ VP NP 1 1 4

N V D N’ 1 1 1 e1i Maxine likes every N’ and N’ 2 2 A N’ A N’ 1 1 1 1 yellow N purple N 1 1 bee ant

(4) Every long book and some short animated films interested Maude. S q p NP VP q 1p 4 NP and NP V NP 3 3 1 1 D N’ D N’ interested N’ 1 2 1 3 1 every A N’ some A N’ N 1 1 1 2 1 long N short A N’ Maude book 1 1 animated N 1 films (5) The new kids in class yelled and ran around the classroom. S q p NP VP 4 w1o D N’ VP and VP 1 3 1 4

the A N’ V VP PP 1 2 1 1 3

new N’ PP yelled V P NP 1 2 1 1 2 N P NP ran around D N’ 1 1 1 1 1

kids in N’ the N 1 1 N classroom 1 class

(6) The man in a lab coat talked about the fact that whales are mammals. S q p NP VP 3 4 D N’ V PP 1 3 1 4 the N’ PP talked P NP 1 3 1 4 N P NP about D N’ 1 1 3 1 4 man in D N’ the N’ CP 1 3 1 3 a A N’ N C S 1 1 1 1 3 lab N fact that NP VP 1 1 3 coat N’ V NP 1 1 1 N are N’ 1 1 whales N

1 mammals