Syntax 2024

Practice (Part 2)
Noun Expansions
 Noun Expansions

• Scientific and law writing are largely made up of long

noun phrases. They are useable.

• This lesson helps you unpack long phrases to

understand what they really mean.

• Once you focus on the sentence structure and try to

identify the dependents and the head of the noun
phrase, you can easily grasp complex structures.
 Noun Expansions

• Label the words and do

dependency arrow analyses
for the following phrases
[some phrases might be
ambiguous].
 (1)

easy library book

J N N
 (2)

exceptionally famous news reporter

A J N N
A J N N
 (3)

legal estranged spouse rights

J J N N
J J N N
J J N N
 ‫)‪(4‬‬

‫ده ﺣﲇ أﻧﺎ ﻋﺸﺎن اﻟﺪﻛﺘﻮر ﻧﺴﻴﺖ ﺗﺤﻞ اﳌﺜﺎل ده‬

‫‪latest‬‬ ‫‪graphic‬‬ ‫‪design‬‬ ‫‪tools‬‬

‫‪J‬‬ ‫‪J‬‬ ‫‪N‬‬ ‫‪N‬‬
J J N N
J J N N
J N N N
J N N N
 (5)

Public Health Crisis Strategy

J N N N
J N N N
J N N
 (6)

costly baseball ticket

J N N
 (7)

Education Curriculum Development Committee

N N N N
N N N N
N N N N
N N N N
J N N N N
J N N N N
 (8)

Compulsory motor vehicle security law

J N N N N
J J N N
J J N N
 (9)

Democratic Social Justice Platform

J J N N
 (10)

very long evaluation report

A J N N
A J N N
 (11)

strategically planned economic program

 (12)

exerted sand transfer mitigation efforts

 (13)

carefully crafted healthcare system

 (14)

rebellious ballet ticket sellers

 (15)

successfully negotiated trade agreement terms

 (16)

national foreign policy strategy

 (17)

new YouTube comment section design

 (18)

Comfortable four-bedroom country house

 (19)

actively promoted social system

 (20)

brief intense afternoon thunderstorm activity

 (21)

responsibly managed national security

 (22)

terrifying green deserted hill house