Paper Topic:
Syntax
Name Instructor 's Name Course Date Assignment 3 : Syntax Question 1 : Sentence a S NP VP VP NP CP Pro V N C NP N PP NP Adj N They sell cages for animals in good condition Sentence b S NP VP Pro V NP PP N CP NP C NP Adj N N They sell cages for animals in good condition Question 2 The quite awful weather stopped us from going out The awful cold
weather stopped us from going out
The underlined words in sentence 2 belong in one constituent because the adverb `quite ' is modifying the adjective `awful ' and is thus an adjunct of `awful and forms a larger constituent `quite awful ' The two underlined words in sentence 3 , however , belong in two separate constituents the words `awful ' and `cold ' are two adjectives modifying the noun `weather
Question 3
4 . Everybody that read the story believed it was accurate
5 . While she was eating the breakfast she had made , the children were playing outside
in the garden
That they undertook the work cheerfully , was a good sign for the future
a subject noun clause : Everybody that read the story
a direct object noun clause : it was accurate
an adverbial clause : While she was eating
a relative clause : that they undertook the work cheerfully
[While she was eating [the breakfast she had made ,]] the children were playing outside in the garden
Question 4
Tangaloi ra- ni loli na hinaga
people 3pl fut prepare the food...
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