PHRASE STRUCTURE GRAMMAR 111
VPÆV (NP) (AdjP) (PP)The only thing we have to keep in mind with these rules is that, for indirect
objects that appear as a noun phrase rather than as a prepositional phrase, we
add another noun phrase to the analysis. Consider this sentence:
- Fritz sent his grandmother a gift.
This sentence has a verb phrase of the form V NP NP. The corresponding di-
agram is on page 112.
Sentence 4.8: Buggsy believed that he was a handsome dog of a man. (Tree diagram)