University of Belgrade

Faculty of Philology
Department of English Language, Literaure, Culture

Assignment 1

Student: Milica Petrovi

2011/0823

Professor: Katarina Rasuli, PhD

Belgrade
Jule, 2014

Identify the underlying structure and the transformations necessary for the
derivation of the following sentences:
1. This book is more interesting than the one Jim recommended.
[[this book is interesting COMP] [the book [jim recommended the book] is
interesting]]
2. Is this paper less comprehensive than the one the editors accepted?
[Q + [this paper is comprehesive COMP] [the paper [the editorsaccepted the
paper] is comprehensive]]
3. The sentence Jack mentioned is not more difficult than one Jill analyzed.
[NEG + [the sentence [jack mentioned the sentence] is difficult COMP] the
sentence [jill analyzed the sentence is difficult]]
4. How did Mary get the book she hadn't ordered?
[Q + mary got the book [NEG + mary had ordered the book] in some way]
5. Why did Jim chose the job that is less exciting than this one?
[Q + jim chose the job [[the job is exciting COMP] [this job is exciting]] for
some reason]