Practical Grammar 3

Exercise 4

﹡ Add the following test sentences to your grammar and tell the program that they are ungrammatical.

Sentences

(1) *John [disappeared the hospital].
(2) *Martha [stayed the hospital].
(3) *Fred [resides].
(4) *Joe [saw Fred John].
(5) *John [sent Martha to a check].
(6) *We [gave Fred].

• Parse each sentence.
• Does the grammar make the right prediction?
• If not, formulate in grammatical terms what the problem seems to be.