Exercise 5: Exercise 5:
- Draw by hand using a straight edge (ruler) for the tree diagrams, the phrase structure for the following phrases including spell-out: (don't forget null forms, Case, links, and every operator). Account for your derivations:
- sold each cow
The following three phrases include mood as well as tense. You may use the short form of NP but you must include Case):
- noticed both the men
- sell every box of sweet peaches
- was driven to school by the neighbor
- Why are the following ungrammatical:
- *-ed see both the three oxen
- *playinged the new game
[+Prog] is a governor blocking [+Past] which also needs a verbal Host. The rule of intervention was broken.
- Name three principles of syntax
- Determine the lexical entry for the noun FOCUS.
See The Lexicon (You may skip theta roles, semantics, subcategorization, selectional restrictions). Hint: assume the default stem is found in the plural and make use of a stem extender.
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