Suggested Answers and Hints - Chapter 3prop theme goal(5) It was believed [that [John] 1 was taken e 1 to [hospital]].theme location(6) There is [a man] at [the entrance door].prop patient agent(7) [The exam sheets] 1 were believed [to have been corrected e 1 by [the teacher]].
In sentence (2) the DP one of the big parties is base-generated as the subject of the
verb win in the lowest clause, so it is the argument of the verb win and receives its
theta-role from the verb win. In sentence (5) the subject position is filled by an
expletive pronoun, which again has no theta-role and thus it is no argument either.Exercise 10
The adjuncts are given in brackets.
a The [little] boy gave a [nice] drawing to his mother [for her birthday].
b The teacher wanted to know whether the [new] students would know what to
do [[when] they arrive].
c [Why] do you ask me whether I want to buy a [new] computer [next year]?
d The [new] [guest] professor of Mathematics [from Germany] will [probably]
arrive at the [[recently] renovated] [railway] station [at 2:15].
e [How] can you decide whether a loaf of bread [on the shelf] is fresh or not?
f Jack and Jane saw a [very interesting] [new] film [at the cinema [in the [city]
centre]].
g [Sometimes] it is difficult for students to find the adjuncts [in sentences [like
this]].
h The mayor of the city said that the river is unlikely to flood the city.
i The workers didn’t believe that they didn’t have to work [on the following
week].Exercise 11
(1) a. David wrote a letter on the desk.
b. David put a letter on the desk.
c. Mary slept in the bed.
d. Mary stayed in the bed.
e. Jill arrived at the station.
f. Jill waited at the station.
Complements are part of the VP while adjuncts are added to the VP, forming another
VP node: