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Syntax –Old Exercise #2

Syntax –Old Exercise #2. Identify the syntactic category of each word in the following sentences:. Syntax – Practice – Exercise #2. Identify the syntactic category of each word in the following sentences:. Syntax Practice. Syntax –Exercises #3.

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Syntax –Old Exercise #2

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  1. Syntax –Old Exercise #2 Identify the syntactic category of each word in the following sentences:

  2. Syntax – Practice – Exercise #2 Identify the syntactic category of each word in the following sentences:

  3. Syntax Practice Syntax –Exercises #3 • Draw phrase structure trees for the following: • the zoo • always try • so witty • perhaps pass • less bleak • this house • very competent • quite cheap • never surrender • those books XP X' (Specifier) X (Complement) head

  4. Syntax Practice Syntax –Exercises #4 • Draw phrase structure trees for the following: • into the house • fixed the telephone • full of mistakes • more toward the window • a film about pollution • always study this material • perhaps earn the money • that argument with Owen • the success of the program XP X' (Specifier) X (Complement) head

  5. Syntax Practice Exercise 9 (No Triangles!) a) The reporter said that an accident injured the woman.

  6. Syntax Practice Exercise 9 (No Triangles!) b) The fishermen think that the company polluted the bay.

  7. Syntax Practice Exercise 9 (No Triangles!) c) Bill reported that a student asked whether the eclipse would occur.

  8. Syntax Practice Exercise 11 • Who should the director call? (Surface structure) • Who should call the director? (Surface structure) • What can Joanne eat? (Surface structure) • Who will the visitors stay with? (Surface structure) • What might Terry sing? (Surface structure) • What could Ann bring to the gathering? (Surface structure) the director should call who (Deep Structure) who should call the director (Deep Structure) Joanne can eat what (Deep Structure) the visitors will stay with who (Deep Structure) Terry might sing what (Deep Structure) Ann could bring what to the gathering (Deep Structure)

  9. Syntax Practice Exercise 11 • g) What did the lightning hit? (Surface structure) • h) Who did Stacy talk to? (Surface structure) • i) Which language does Michael teach? (Surface structure) The lightning hit what (Deep Structure) Stacy talked to who (Deep Structure) (actually +PST + talk) Michael teaches which language (Deep Structure) (actually –PST + teach)

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