Exercise 8: Exercise 8:
- Identify the theta role of each NP or PP in the following sentences. Be sure to read all of the file on theta roles before you answer these:
- (1) The table is hard.
- (2) Mary is (feels) warm.
- (3) Ellen threw a frying-pan at Jordan.
- (4) Hans went to the store for some bread.
- (5) The cat chased the dog across the front yard.
- (6) Mary is leased with her gift.
- Draw by hand using a straight edge (ruler) for the tree diagrams, the phrase structure for the following phrases including spell-out and theta-roles: (don't forget null forms, Case, links, and every operator). Account for your derivations:
- The two fish swam from the boat to the buoy.
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