Fall 1998

Exercise #11

Exercise I

Draw the structure for the following in the two level analysis:

1. Jason did not see the new house on the street
2. The large cow in the barn isn't giving milk
3. The rumbling of the earth didn't quickly force people out.
4. The mayor of Delta has not been driving his new Porsche fast.

Exercise II

Why are the following ungrammatical?

1. *Kyle has been not washing the dishes.

   *not* must be adjoined to the first verb in the string.

2. *The box in the market of groceries just disappeared.

   A complement of a head must precede any modifiers of a head.

Exercise III

1. Determine each head and each complement and each modifier for each sentence in Exercise I.

Jason did not see the new house on the street.

head	complement	modifier prenominal	modifier postnominal	modifier determiner
Jason	nc	nm	nm	nd
see	the new house	nm	nm	---
house	nc	new	on the street	the
street	nc	nm	nm	the
on	the street	nm	nm	---
new	---	nmq	nm	---

The large cow in the barn isn't giving milk.

head	complement	modifier prenominal	modifier postnominal	modifier determiner
cow	nc	large	in the barn	the
give	milk	nm	nm	---
barn	nc	nm	nm	the
milk	nc	nm	nm	nd
large	(cow)	nm	nm	---

The rumbling of the earth didn't quickly force people out.

head	complement	modifier prenominal	modifier postnominal	modifier determiner
rumbling	of the earth	nm	nm	the
earth	nc	nm	nm	the
force	people out	quickly	nm	---
people	nc	nm	nm	nd
out	nc	nm	nm	---
quickly	(force people out)	nm	nm	---

The mayor of Delta has not been driving his new Porsche fast.

head	complement	modifier prenominal	modifier postnominal	modifier determiner
mayor	of Delta	nm	nm	the
Delta	nc	nm	nm	nd
has	been driving his new Porsche fast	---	---	---
been	driving his new Porsche fast	---	---	---
driving	his new Porsche	nm	fast	---
Porsche	nc	new	nm	(his)
new	---	nm	nm	---
fast	(driving his new Porsche fast)	nm	nm	---