Exercise
5: Exercise
5:
- Download Grammar 3 10FE and generate the following VPs:
- see one book.
- buy two oxen.
- have two big feet.
- quickly do the dishes.
- buy some hot rice.
- suddently take these books.
- sell those geese.
- quickly notice eight happy people.
- barter few strong oxen.
- slowly notice these six jolly people.
The following sentences are to be generate on Grammar 4 when it is ready. These sentences will be applied to Exercise 6:
- When Grammar is on line, generate the following verb (voice) phrases:
- had eaten a banana
- has seen the sky
- is writing those three letters
- has been visited several friends
- has been being stolen many bottles
Ultimately, these sentences will taken on the following forms:
- John had eaten a banana.
- The monkey has seen the sky.
- Mrs. Jones is writing those three letters.
- Several friends have been visited.
- Many bottle have been being stolen by derelicts.
- Draw a tree diagram showing the derivation of "has been being eaten one watermelon" indicating agreement currently covered, and copying features. Be sure to include any links that may occur. Draw each step indicating which rule has been applied.
Open
up two files and read them:
- Feature copying: T to V.
- This page starts with T. I now consider this poor pedagogy, because the closest operator to V is Vc (voice). I haven't rewritten this. But the basic principles and rules hold. The feature is copied to the verb. In this case the feature [+Pass], which needs a host, is copied to the verb.
- Verbal operator: tense and aspect.
- This talks about these two operators. Voice follows.
- Tense, Aspect, and Voice.
