Syntax n Constituent Structure and Tree diagrams

Syntax n At least 3 important aspects of sentence structure:

Syntax n Constituent Structure and Tree diagrams n At least 3 important aspects of sentence structure: –the linear order of words in a sentence

Syntax n Constituent Structure and Tree diagrams n At least 3 important aspects of sentence structure: –the linear order of words in a sentence –the categorization of words into parts of speech

Syntax n Constituent Structure and Tree diagrams n At least 3 important aspects of sentence structure: –the linear order of words in a sentence –the categorization of words into parts of speech –the grouping of words into structural constituents (participants)

Syntax n Constituent Structure and Tree diagrams n Tree diagrams allow us to analyze the function of sentences, by looking at their constituent structures.

Syntax n Constituent Structure and Tree diagrams n Tree diagrams allow us to analyze the function of sentences, by looking at their constituent structures. n Ex: noun phrases, verb phrases, quantifiers, articles, etc.

Syntax

Syntax n We can test the function of the constituent structure in several ways:

Syntax n Ex: testing for noun phrases

Syntax n We can test the function of the constituent structure in several ways: n Ex: testing for noun phrases –Using the question rule - in other words can we make a question out of the sentence with the presumed noun phrase using the English Question Rule?

Syntax n We can test the function of the constituent structure in several ways: n Ex: testing for noun phrases –Cleft setences n It + is/was + x that y, where the clause represent by y refers back to x n It was Mary that broke the lamp x y

Syntax n We can test the function of the constituent structure in several ways: n Ex: testing for noun phrases –By conjunction –Mary and Bill

Syntax n We can test the function of the constituent structure in several ways: n Ex: testing for noun phrases –By conjunction –Mary and Bill –This would also work to test other kinds of phrases, but in any case, the two kinds of phrases would be the same: np and np; vp and vp, etc.

Syntax n Practice sentences: –The girl and the boy went to the store with their mother. –The old house on the hill was torn down by the town. –Bill’s date stood him up again at the bar and he drank 10 jack and cokes down before he left. –Mildred used to sing for her supper, but now she has a 3 CD deal with Warner Bros.