Problem I
Problem I
Draw the phrase marker for the following sentences, and include subindexing. Use triangles for relative clauses:
(1) John put the book on the table on the first day of spring.
(2) Mary sat down on a chair.
(3) The cup of coffee on the table is for John.
(Note: sit down is a phrasal verb: [V [V sit ] [P down ]].
Problem II
The following sentence is ambiguous. Draw two structures to resolve the ambiguity:
John wrote a letter on the table.
Problem III
Cite the specific rules (P-Rules) that is violated in the following sentence:
(4) ?*They talked in his room about his grades.
(5) *Horatio relies for money on his family.
Assume the grammaticality judgments here.
sample: *Friend old book a bought.
answer: NP --> Adj NP (iterative) :: *friend old.
NP --> Det NP (non-iterative) :: *book a.
VP --> V {(NP) (PP), AP} :: *book a bought.