Hrvoje Vasilj

English and Italian language and literature

17.6.2023.

Syntax – Seminar Paper

I am quite aware of the fact, and I don’t propose to discuss modern culture.
S-> S1 S2
S1->S V SC DO
Coordinator and
S2->S V DO
S1->S V SC DO
S->NP-> pronoun-> I
V-> MV-> am
SC-> AdjP->PreM HW PoM
PreM->adv-> quite
HW-> Adj -> aware
PoM -> P -> of
DO-> NP-> D HW
D-> art-> the
HW-> N ->fact
Coordinator and
S2 ->S V DO
S->NP->HW-> Pro-> I
V->Aux neg. MV
Aux-> Don’t
MV-> propose
DO-> PreM NP
PreM-> Inf P
InfP->P V
P-> to
V-> discuss
NP-> PreM HW
PreM-> Adj -> modern
HW -> N -> culture

I am always telling that to your poor uncle, but he never seems to take much notice.
S-> S1 S2
S1-> S V D O IO
Coordinator but
S2-> S V DO
S-> NP -> HW ->Pro -> I
V-> Aux PreM MV
Aux-> am
PreM-> Adv -> always
MV-> telling
DO-> D -> demonstrative-> that
IO-> PP
PP-> P OP
P-> to
OP->NP
NP-> D PreM HW
D-> possessive-> adj ->your
PreM-> adj-> poor
HW->N-> uncle
Coordinator but
S2-> S V DO
S->NP-> pro-> He
V->PreM MV PoM
PreM-> Adv-> never
MV-> seems
PoM-> InfP-> P V
P-> to
V-> take
DO-> NP-> PreM HW
PreM-> D-> quantifier-> much
HW->N-> notice

The Divorce Court was specially invented for people whose memories are so curiously
constituted.
S-> S1 S2
S1-> S V A
Subordination whose
S2-> S V SC
S1-> S V A
S-> NP-> D PreM HW
D-> art -> the
PreM-> Adj-> Divorce
HW -> N -> Court
V-> Aux PreM MV
Aux -> was
PreM -> adv-> specially
MV-> invented
A ->PP
PP->P OP
P-> for
OP -> NP
NP-> HW -> N-> people
Subordination whose
S2 -> S V SC
S-> NP-> HW-> N-> memories
S-> MV-> are
SC-> PreM AdjP
PreM -> AdvP
AdvP->PreM HW
PreM-> intensifier -> so
HW-> Adv-> curiously
AdjP-> HW
HW->Adj -> constituted

I don’t know whether you will be able to understand my real motives.

S-> S1 S2
S1-> S V
Subordination whether
S2-> S V SC DO
S1-> S V
S-> NP -> HW
HW-> pro -> I
V-> aux MV
Aux -> don’t
MV-> know
Subordination whether
S2-> S V SC DO
S-> NP-> HW
HW-> Pro-> you
V-> Aux MV
Aux -> will
MV-> be
SC ->PreM infP
PreM->AjdP
AdjP->HW-> Adj-> able
InfP-> PV
P-> to
V->understand
DO-> NP
NP->PreM1 PreM2 HW
PreM1 -> Adj-> my
PreM2-> Adj -> real
HW->N-> motives

Your guardian has a very emotional nature.

S->S V DO
S-> NP
NP-> PreM HW
PreM -> D-> possessive-> adj-> your
HW-> N-> guardian
V-> MV-> has
DO-> NP
NP->D PreM HW
D-> article-> a
PreM-> AdjP
AjdP-> PreM HW
PreM-> intensifier-> adv-> very
HW-> adj-> emotional
HW-> N-> nature
Cecily is the sweetest, dearest, prettiest girl in the whole world.
S-> S V SC
S-> NP
NP-> HW-> N-> Cecily
V-> MV-> is
SC-> NP
NP-> D PreM1 PreM2 preM3 HW PoM
D-> art-> the
PreM1-> AdjP-> adj-> sweetest
PreM2-> AdjP-> adj-> dearest
PreM3-> AdjP-> adj -> prettiest
HW-> NP-> N-> girl
PoM-> PP
PP-> P OP
P-> in
OP-> NP
NP-> D PreM HW
D-> art-> the
PreM-> adj -> whole
HW-> N-> world
I do not know whether there is anything peculiarly exciting in the air of this particular part of
Hertfordshire, but the number of engagements that go on seems to me considerably above the
proper average that statistics have laid down for our guidance
S-> S1 S2
S1-> S V DO
Coordinator but
S2-> S V SC
S1-> S V DO
S-> NP-> HW-> pro-> I
V -> aux MV
Aux-> do not
MV-> know
Subordinator whether
DO -> NC
NC-> S V SC
S-> NP-> HW-> pro -> there
V-> MV-> is
SC-> AdjP PP
AdjP-> PreM1 PreM2 HW
PreM1-> pro-> anything
PreM2-> adv-> particularly
HW-> adj-> exciting
PP-> P OP
P-> in
OP-> NP PoM1 PoM2
NP->D HW
D-> art-> the
HW-> N-> air
PoM1-> PP
PP-> P OP
P-> of
OP-> NP
NP-> D PreM HW
D-> demonstrative-> this
PreM-> adj-> particular
HW-> N-> part
PoM-> PP
PP-> P OP
P-> of
OP-> NP->HW
HW->N-> Hertfordshire
Coordinator but
S2-> S V SC
S-> NP-> D HW PoM1 PoM2
D-> art-> the
HW->N-> number
PoM1-> PP-> P OP
P-> of
OP-> NP->N-> engagements
PoM-> RC
Subordinator that
RC-> VP-> V PoM
V-> go
PoM-> P-> on
V-> MV PoM
MV-> seems
PoM-> PP
PP-> P OP
P-> to
OP-> pro-> me
SC-> AdvP NP A
AdvP-> PreM HW
PreM-> adv-> considerably
HW-> P-> above
NP-> D PreM HW
D-> art-> the
PreM-> adj-> proper
HW-> N-> average
A->AC of result
AC-> S V
S-> NP-> HW-> N-> statistics
V-> aux MV PoM
Aux-> have
MV-> MV PoM
MV-> laid
PoM-> P-> down
PoM -> PP
PP-> P OP
P-> for
OP-> NP
NP-> PreM HW
PreM-> possessive-> pro-> our
HW-> N-> guidance

Work Cited

All sentences are found in:

Wilde, Oscar, Importance of Being Earnest, The Chiswick Press, 1899