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Today. Phrase structure rules, trees Constituents Recursion Conjunction Readings: 6.4 – 6.5. Phrase structure (review). 1) Every word belongs to a lexical category 2) Lexical categories forms heads of phrases

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  1. Today • Phrase structure rules, trees • Constituents • Recursion • Conjunction Readings: 6.4 – 6.5

  2. Phrase structure (review) 1) Every word belongs to a lexicalcategory 2) Lexical categories forms heads of phrases 3) How phrases are formed is governed by rules (= ‘phrase structure rules’)

  3. Phrase structure rules • Rules that determine… • …what goes into a phrase (‘constituents’) • …how the constituents are ordered • Constituent: a word or group of words that function as a unit and can make up larger grammatical units

  4. Phrase structure rules • General schema: X  Y Z “X consists of Y followed by Z”

  5. Noun phrase (NP) John the boy a little boy a boy in a bubble Phrase structure rule for NPs: NP  (Det) (Adj) N (PP) N Det N Det Adj N Det N PP Phrase structure rules (where ‘()’ indicates optionality)

  6. Phrase structure trees NP NP NP NP N Det N Det Adj N Det N PP John the boy a little boya boy P NP in Det N a bubble

  7. in from a boy in a bubble Phrase structure rule for PPs: PP  P (NP) P P NP Prepositional phrase (PP)

  8. Phrase structure trees PP PP P P NP in from Det N PP a boy P NP in Det N a bubble

  9. Recursion • Some phrasal categories may appear to the left or right of the arrow NP  (Det) N (PP) PP  P (NP) • Recursion: the property of language that allows for the embedding of categories (which can yield infinitely long phrases)

  10. the cat on the mat in the house on the street NP Det N PP the cat P NP on Det N PP the mat P NP in Det N PP the house P NP on Det N the street

  11. sang ate the cake ate the cake hungrily sang a song in the shower fell into the pond slowly Phrase structure rule for VPs: VP  V (NP) (PP) (Adv) V V NP V NP Adv V NP PP V PP Adv Verb phrase (VP)

  12. VP VP VP V V NP V NP PP Adv sang ate Det N sang Det N P NP badly the cake a song in Det N the shower

  13. Structural ambiguity discuss [sex with Dr. Ruth] [discuss sex] with Dr. Ruth

  14. Structural ambiguity discuss [sex with Dr. Ruth] [discuss sex] with Dr. Ruth VP VP V NP V NP PP discuss N PP discuss sex P NP sex P NP with Dr. Ruth with Dr. Ruth

  15. Sentences • Must contain an NP and a VP The dog barked. *The dog. *Barked. • May contain an auxiliary verb The dog will bark. S  NP (Aux) VP

  16. S NP VP Det N V NP The dog ate Det N the bone S  NP VP

  17. S NP Aux VP Det N will V NP The dog eat Det N the bone S  NP Aux VP

  18. Conjunction • Words and phrases of the same category can be combined using conjunctions (and, but, or) • Cats and dogs make good pets. • Eat, drink, or be merry. • You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink. NP  NP conj NP VP  VP conj VP  S  S conj S X  X conj X

  19. Conjoined phrases NP NP  NP Conj NP Conj NP NP NP  Det N N Det Det N the cat and the dog

  20. Conjoined sentences I bought a book, but I returned it. S S  S conj S S conj S S  NP VP NP VP but NP VP I V NP I V NP bought a book returned it

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