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SETS
2. ADJECTIVES
Adjectives like hot, red, big, tiny, and ugly are adjuncts .
2) I believe mit Sahne modifies the verb, not the NP cake, but this is up for debate. Simin Karimi
tells me that on the basis of certain pronominalization
facts, she thinks the PP modifies Kuchen. The exact
analysis of the mit Sahne PP is irrelevant to the content of the question, which is actually about the
Subject NP.
a) TP
NP VP
D N' V'
Die
N' PP V' PP
TP
NP VP
D N' V'
Die
AdjP N' V' PP
f) TP
NP VP
D N' V'
Die
AdjP N' V NP
liebte
Adj' N PP D N'
Koenigin die
Adj P' N
junge Prinzessin
P NP
.
4COMPLEMENT
S AND
ADJUNCTS IN
VPS:
a) [her pencils] is a complement, while [never] and [in the correct drawer] are adjuncts.
b) [to New Mexico], [in the rain], and [last year] are adjuncts.
7. TREES
a) TP
NP VP
N' V'
PP N
P'
Abelard
V' PP P NP
fo
r
V NP P'
N' wrote
D N' P NP N
a in Heloise
N PP
N' volume
P' N
Lati
n
P NP
of
N
'
N
poem
s
b) TP
NP VP
N' V'
TP
NP VP
N' V' PP
N PP
People V PP P'
P' lined
P P' P NP
with NP behind
N' PP P D N'
up the
N P' N pp
boxes door
P NP P'
Of P
AdjP N' of NP
D
Adj' N the N'
clothes
Adj N PP
Old building
P'
P
With
NP
Adjp
N'
Adj' N
roof
Adj
leak
y
CHALLENGE PROBLEM
SETS
1. INTERMEDIATE STRUCTURE
2. COMPLEMENT ADJPS?
Coordination of likes:
*the tall and chemistry student
One complement:
*the chemistry student of physics
Part 2. These words can be described as adjectives because they function as normal
adjectives; they modify nouns, yet they cannot be modified by very as other adjectives.
3. AMBIGUOUS ADJPS