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PSR NP

NP → N Example: Ali ( proper noun, mass noun, plural noun, pronoun)


NP → (D) N Example: The cat
NP → (D) (AdjP+) N Example: The old pink dress
NP → (D) (AdjP+) N (PP+) Example: The old pink dress on the closet

PSR AdjP
AdjP → Adj Example: The old book
AdjP → (AdvP) Adj Example: The very big cookie jar
AdjP → (AdvP) Adj (PP) Example: she is really good at baking

AdvP PSR
AdvP → Adv Example: she walks fast
AdvP → (AdvP) Adv Example: She walks really slowly.

PP PSR
PP → P NP Example: He chopped the tree with an axe.
VP Types
Intransitive:
VP → V Example: She left.
VP → V (AdvP) Example: She left early

Monoransitive:
VP → V NP Example: She left the party.
VP → V CP Example: She said she would complete it the following week.

Ditransitive:
VP → V NP NP Example: Sara told Zainab her secret.
VP → VP NP PP Example: Hana sent a message to Zahraa

Linking:
VP → V PP Example: Huda is from Bahrain
VP → V AdjP Example: He seems happy

Complex intransitive:
VP → V NP AdjP Example: I find syntax difficult

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