A Linguistics Workbook, 4th Edition

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Section

4.1 English Syntax I: Simple Phrase Structure Rules

Consider the following two sets of phrase structure rules for English, and answer

questions A-D. You may find it helpful to review Linguistics, pp. 201-206.

Phrase structure rules

Set I Set I1

1. S-NP Aux VP 1. S + NP Aux VP


2. NP - Art N PP 2. NP --+ Art N


3. PP-P NP 3. VP-V NP PP


4. VP + V NP 4. NP + Art N


5. NP - Art N PP 5. PP - P NP


6. PP - P NP 6. NP - Art N


7. NP + Art N

Questions

A. Draw the phrase structure tree that is defined by applying the phrase structure

rules 1-7 in set I. Be sure to apply the rules in the order they are given. (In

other words, apply rule 1; then apply rule 2 to the output of rule 1; and so

forth.)