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Chinese Box - PPTX 222

This document provides an overview of immediate constituent analysis using Chinese boxes. It defines Chinese boxes as a binary system for syntactical analysis developed by Nelson Francis. The document outlines the four basic syntactic structures analyzed using Chinese boxes: modification, predication, complementation, and coordination. It provides examples of how to analyze sentences for each structure by identifying immediate constituents, enclosing them in boxes, and using symbols between boxes to indicate the structure. The document concludes with an activity that asks the reader to analyze example sentences and groups of words using the Chinese box method.

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Chinese Box - PPTX 222

This document provides an overview of immediate constituent analysis using Chinese boxes. It defines Chinese boxes as a binary system for syntactical analysis developed by Nelson Francis. The document outlines the four basic syntactic structures analyzed using Chinese boxes: modification, predication, complementation, and coordination. It provides examples of how to analyze sentences for each structure by identifying immediate constituents, enclosing them in boxes, and using symbols between boxes to indicate the structure. The document concludes with an activity that asks the reader to analyze example sentences and groups of words using the Chinese box method.

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Immediate

constituent
analysis using
Chinese Box
Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, students
are expected to:
• DEFINE IMMEDIATE CONSTITUENT ANALYSIS
USING CHINESE BOX
• EXPLAIN IMMEDIATE CONSTITUENT ANALYSIS
USING CHINESE BOX
• ANALYZE SENTENCES USING CHINESE BOX
In syntactic analysis, there are
two ways and types that can be
used to analyze the sentences.
These two are tree diagrams
and Chinese boxes.
Chinese box is a binary system which
is conducted by Nelson Francis as a
media in doing syntactical analysis.

He recognized a system diagramming


structures into its elements and parts by
dividing into its immediate constituents
and subsiding until the ultimate
constituents.
According to Francis there are
four basic types of syntactic
structures:
1. Structure of Modification
2. Structure of Predication
3. Structure of
Complementation
4. Structure of Coordination
As in other IC diagrams, each
structure may be divided into
immediate constituents, almost
always two, each of which may in
turn be divided and subsided until
the ultimate constituents are
reached.
The four different structures are identified by
placing simple symbols between two
immediate constituents:

indicates modification

indicates predication
P, q
c indicates
C, complementation
indicates coordination
This four different symbols are
used in marking two immediate
constituents.
1. Structure of Modification – made up
of a head and modifier.

A. Identify the immediate constituents and enclose them in boxes.

b. Place an arrow ( ) pointing from the modifier towards the head,


between the two immediate constituents

c. Enclose them in an outer box indicating the structure of


modification
Head Modifier Modifier Head

work quickly home town

hungry people
2. Structure of Predication – is
made up of subject and
predicate.
a. Immediate constituents are boxed

b. place the capital (P) between subject and


predicate; if predicate comes before the
subject invert the (q)

c. Enclose the whole structure in an outer box


Subject P Predicate

Nico P plays the guitar

Predicate q Subject

Have q you?
Money talks.

Elsa is sleeping.
money P talks

Elsa P is sleeping
3. Structure Complementation – is made
up of verbal element and complement, is
marked similarly like in Predicate..

Verbal elements

C
Verbal elements
a. Immediate constituents are boxed

B. Place the capital (C) with its back to the verbal


elements

c. Enclose the whole structure in an outer box

Dainty seems C a nice girl

They are C happy


She spoke the truth.

I gave him zero.


She P spoke C the truth

I P gave C him C a zero


4. Structure of Coordination – consists of
two or more syntactically equivalent
units joined in a structure which
functions as a single unit. There are some
kinds of coordination, such as; and, but,
nor, not,or, rather than, as well as,
together with, along with, not (only)…
but (also), either, or, neither , nor,
both ..and.
In the structure coordination, the structure
is indicated by parallel lines to connect
constituents
For example, the phrase

She writes quickly and neatly.

She writes quickly and neatly


Pins and needles

sweet and spicy


pins and needles

Sweet and spicy


I give good price not bad price.

I P give C good price not bad price

predication
complementation
modification
coordination
modification
Correlative structure of
coordination
He is either clever or lucky

He Is Either clever or lucky

modification

coordination
Prepositions are put into smaller box
which is connected to the box
containing the object

at my house

He stayed at my house.

He P stayed at my house
Split structure indicated by
conjoining them with parallel
set of two lines on top of the
box for the inserted lexical
item.
Do you swim?

Do q P swim
you
Haven’t they been eating carrots?

Been
Have
N(ot) q P
they c
eating carrots
Are the boys sleeping?
Are the boys sleeping?

Are q The boys sleeping


Activity
Direction: Analyze the group of words below using Chinese
box by applying the steps in analyzing the structure of
modification, predication, complementation, split structure and
coordination

1. small but terrible


2.cheeres loudly
3 She speculates.
4. The game was exciting.
5. They got sick.
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