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Internal Structure of Verb Phrase (VP)

Internal Structure of Verb Phrase (VP). Lecture 4 (English Syntax). 2. Verb Phrase (VP). snored, ran, sang, loved music, walked the dog through the park, lifted 50 pounds, thought Tom is honest, warned us that storms were coming, etc .  The principles of VP.

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Internal Structure of Verb Phrase (VP)

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  1. Internal Structure ofVerb Phrase (VP) Lecture 4 (English Syntax)

  2. 2. Verb Phrase (VP) snored, ran, sang, loved music, walked the dog through the park, lifted 50 pounds, thought Tom is honest, warned us that storms were coming, etc.

  3. The principles of VP • VP is the phrase which refers to the verb becoming the head. • Verb in VP is the element which determines the properties of the whole phrase.

  4. Testing VP element Let see the following expression: The student_____VP_____. The expressions that can occur in the VP letters position might be filled by: snored; ran; sang; loved music; walked the dog through the park; lifted 50 pounds; thought Tom is honest; warned us that storms were coming.

  5. Basic constituent of VP • VP is constituted by VP  V + NP • VP is constituted by VP V+ PP • VP is constituted by VP  V (Aux) + VP + AP This simple VP rule says that a VP can consist of an obligatory V followed by an optional NPand then an optional PP or an optional AP. VP VP VNPPP read a book outside

  6. Testing grammatical S with VP We can also observe that the presence of a VP is essential in forming a grammatical Sentence. a. The monkey wants to leave the meeting. b. *The monkey eager to leave the meeting. c. The men practice medicine. d. *The men doctors of medicine. When you test these sentences with VP syntactic tree, sentences A and C is grammatical forms, but those of B and D is ungrammatical ones.

  7. VP with [AUX] • All auxiliary verbs are simply introduced by a second VP rule below. VP  V[Aux] + VP VPV [Aux]VP’ VNP muststudyEnglish syntax

  8. The other VP + Adv. • One more important VP structure involves the VP modified by an adverb. VP  VP + Adv. VP VP’Adv. VNP read the book loudly

  9. Concluding Remarks VP may constitute with the following syntactic rules: • VP  V+NP/PP/Adv.P • VP  V[Aux]+VP/AP • VP  VP + Adv.P

  10. Make sytactical tree of VP • He left his key in his pocket • She calls me stupid • Everything is running well • She is beautiful • He gave flowers to Mary yesterday 6. Is this sentence grammatical or no ?? Test it by using VP syntactical rule !! I leave on time the meeting

  11. Thank You

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