Language and Logic Exercise 2

Syntactic Structures Student ID: 1361600

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#uestion $: &riting a si%!le gra%%ar 'onsider the $ollowing sentences: a( )he %an ran $or the "us "( *ohn caught the train c( the %an tra#elled to the town hall d( *ohn too+ a !air o$ trun+s and he went to the sea side Ada!ting the rules $ro% the gra%%ars gi#en in the ,onday and )uesday lectures- write a si%!le context $ree gra%%ar which acce!ts the a"o#e sentences ./int: you will need to add rules $or !ro!er0na%es such as 1*ohn1 and !ronouns such as 1he1 and a rule $or #er"s which ex!ect !re!ositional !hrases 2ou will also need to decide how to deal with 1town hall1 and 1sea side1( 345 S 06 78 98 78 06 Det 7 78 06 78 88 78 06 Det Ad: 7 98 06 9 78 98 06 9 78 88 98 0 6 9 88 78 0 6Det 7 7 S06S'S S 0 6 8r 98 S 0 6 I 98 7' 06 8 7 78 0 6 78 7' 88 06 8 78 7 06 3train5 7 06 3%an5 7 06 3town5 7 06 3hall5 7 06 3!air5 706 3trun+s5 7 06 3sea5 7 0 6 3side5 7 0 6 3"us5 ' 0 6 3and5 8ron0 63he5 I 0 6 3*ohn5 !re! 06 3$or5 !re!06 3to5 !re! 06 3o$5 Det 06 3the5 Det 06 3a5 9 0 6 3ran5 9 06 3caught5 9 06 3tra#elled5 9 06 3went5 9 06 3too+5

#uestion %: 8arsing a si%!le sentence ;sing the gra%%ar you wrote in <uestion 1- !ro#ide a !arse $or sentence d

1*ohn too+ a !air o$ trun+s and he went to the sea side 1

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#uestion &: Ad#er"s As we +now- nouns can "e %odi$ied "y ad:ecti#es- $or exa%!le- 1the red to%ato1 or 1the "eauti$ul girl 1 9er"s in contrast are %odi$ied "y ad#er"s such as 1the %an quic+ly ran ho%e1 or 1the dog "ar+ed loudly 1 Suggest the necessary context $ree rules $or dealing with ad#er"s such as the a"o#e 325 &e ha#e to add the $ollowing rules to the context $ree gra%%ar $ro% question 1: 98 0 6 A 9 98 06 98 78