A Linguistics Workbook, 4th Edition

Name

Section

4.3 English Syntax 3: Ill-Formed Trees

The tree structures 1-8 are all ill formed. That is, there is no combination of

phrase structure rules or transformations that will generate any of them. Study the

trees and answer the question.

NP Mod Aux VP NP PP Aux VP

Art N

NP Aux V NP Aux VP Particle

NP Aux

Art N Particle Mod