Ch 5 Syntax HW Exercise Answers

Ch 5 Syntax HW Exercise Answers

Syntax –Old Exercise #2

Identify the syntactic category of each word in the following sentences:
The glass suddenly broke.
Det N Adv V

A jogger ran toward the end of the lane

Det N V P Det N P Det N

These dead trees are blocking the road

Det A N Aux V Det N

The detectiv hurriedly looked through the record

Det Ne Adv V P Det Ns

The peaches never appear quite ripe

Det N Adv V Deg A
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Syntax – Practice – Exercise #2

Identify the syntactic category of each word in the following sentences:
Jeremy will play the trumpet and the drums in
N Aux V Det N Con Det N P

the orchestra
.
Det N
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Syntax –Exercises #3
 Draw phrase structure trees for the following:
a) the zoo
b) always try
c) so witty XP
d) perhaps pass
(Specifier) X'
e) less bleak
f) this house X (Complement)
head
g) very competent
h) quite cheap
i) never surrender
j) those books
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Syntax –Exercises #4
 Draw phrase structure trees for the following:
a) into the house
b) fixed the telephone
c) full of mistakes XP
d) more toward the window
(Specifier) X'
e) a film about pollution
f) always study this material X (Complement)
head
g) perhaps earn the money
h) that argument with Owen
i) the success of the program
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Exercise 9 (No Triangles!)

a) The reporter said that
an accident injured the
woman.
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Exercise 9 (No Triangles!)
b) The fishermen think
that the company polluted the bay.
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Exercise 9 (No Triangles!)
c) Bill reported
that a student asked
whether the eclipse would occur.
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Exercise 11
a) Who should the director call? (Surface structure)
the director should call who (Deep Structure)
b) Who should call the director? (Surface structure)
who should call the director (Deep Structure)
c) What can Joanne eat? (Surface structure)
Joanne can eat what (Deep Structure)
d) Who will the visitors stay with? (Surface structure)
the visitors will stay with who (Deep Structure)
e) What might Terry sing? (Surface structure)
Terry might sing what (Deep Structure)
f) What could Ann bring to the gathering? (Surface structure)
Ann could bring what to the gathering (Deep Structure)
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Exercise 11
g) What did the lightning hit? (Surface structure)
The lightning hit what (Deep Structure)
h) Who did Stacy talk to? (Surface structure)
Stacy talked to who (Deep Structure)
(actually +PST + talk)

i) Which language does Michael teach? (Surface structure)

Michael teaches which language (Deep Structure)

(actually –PST + teach)
Ch 5 Syntax HW Exercise Answers
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Ch 5 Syntax HW Exercise Answers
Ch 5 Syntax HW Exercise Answers
Ch 5 Syntax HW Exercise Answers
Ch 5 Syntax HW Exercise Answers
Ch 5 Syntax HW Exercise Answers
Ch 5 Syntax HW Exercise Answers
Ch 5 Syntax HW Exercise Answers