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SYNTAX

Tutorial-1

Representing Sentence Structure:


tree diagram, labeled bracketing,
and phrase structure rules

I. Provide the information requested in (i-vii) in relation to the abstract tree diagram
provided:

i) List all the sisters of NP2.


ii) List all the daughters of S'.
iii) List all the categories of which S is the mother.
iv) List all the categories of which S dominates.
v) List all the categories of which S' immediately dominates.
vi) List all the categories that are dominated by VP.
vii) List all the categories that are immediately dominated by NP 1.

S'

Comp S

NP1 AUX VP

Det N V NP2 PP

Example:

(1) The snake killed the rat and (it) swallowed it

Tree Diagram:
S1

S2 coord S3

NP VP NP VP

Det N V NP N V NP

Det N
N

The snake killed the rat and it swallowed it


Labeled bracketing:

[ S1 [ S2 [ NP [ Det The] [ N snake]] [VP [V killed ] [ NP [ Det the ] [ N rat]]]]

[and]

[S3 [NP [N it ]] [VP [V swallowed ] [ NP [N it]]]]]

PS rules:

S → S coord S
S → NP VP
VP → V NP
NP → Det N
N

II. Draw tree diagrams along with bracketed examples and PS rules for the following
sentences on a separate sheet (or sheets) of paper:

1. John laughed loudly


2. The terrorists assassinated the ambassador
3. Her husband is an aristocrat
4. He gave his mother a present.
5. I know that the snake killed the rat.
6. The snake which killed the rat belongs to our neighbors

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