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== The Verb Phrase (VP) == | |||
=== The distribution of the verb phrase=== | |||
A VP can occur | A VP can occur | ||
* following a noun phrase: <span style="color: blue>The teacher __.</span> | |||
* following an auxiliary: <span style="color: blue>The teacher can __.</span> | |||
A VP can be substituted by the pro-form do so | * following the infinitive marker ''to'': <span style="color: blue>Chis wants to __.</span> | ||
Pat [read the newspaper] and Chris did so, too. | |||
Pat is [reading the newspaper] and Chris is doing so, too. | A VP can be substituted by the pro-form ''do so''. | ||
Pat is reading the newspaper in the kitchen ... | |||
... and Chris is doing so, too. (doing so refers to reading the newspaper in the kitchen) | <span style="color: blue>Pat [read the newspaper] and Chris did so, too.<br> | ||
... and Chris is doing so in the living room. (doing so refers to reading the newspaper) | Pat is [reading the newspaper] and Chris is doing so, too.<br> | ||
The internal structure of the verb phrase | Pat is reading the newspaper in the kitchen ...<br> | ||
A VP must contain a verb. | ... and Chris is doing so, too. (''doing so'' refers to reading the newspaper in the kitchen)<br> | ||
A VP can contain: | ... and Chris is doing so in the living room. (''doing so'' refers to reading the newspaper)</span><br> | ||
an NP (in accusative) | |||
a PP (in particular, a PP starting with to, for, about) | === The internal structure of the verb phrase === | ||
a subordinate clause introduced with a complementizer | |||
adverbials | * A VP must contain a verb. | ||
* A VP can contain: | |||
** an NP (in accusative) | |||
** a PP (in particular, a PP starting with ''to, for, about'') | |||
** a subordinate clause introduced with a complementizer | |||
** adverbials. | |||
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Latest revision as of 09:39, 26 April 2017
The Verb Phrase (VP)
The distribution of the verb phrase
A VP can occur
- following a noun phrase: The teacher __.
- following an auxiliary: The teacher can __.
- following the infinitive marker to: Chis wants to __.
A VP can be substituted by the pro-form do so.
Pat [read the newspaper] and Chris did so, too.
Pat is [reading the newspaper] and Chris is doing so, too.
Pat is reading the newspaper in the kitchen ...
... and Chris is doing so, too. (doing so refers to reading the newspaper in the kitchen)
... and Chris is doing so in the living room. (doing so refers to reading the newspaper)
The internal structure of the verb phrase
- A VP must contain a verb.
- A VP can contain:
- an NP (in accusative)
- a PP (in particular, a PP starting with to, for, about)
- a subordinate clause introduced with a complementizer
- adverbials.