Syntax 1 Wiki: Week 3

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Valence

1. Kim snores.

Syntax error

2. Kim likes Robin.
3. Kim talked to the student.
4. Kim showed Hessen to Robin.
5. Kim handed Robin the apple.

1. Amid the incessant crackle of gunfire

, the soldiers

usher

the cowering men

through darkened rooms

.



Example SUBJ COMPS
snores <NP[nom]> <>
likes <NP[nom]> <NP[acc]>
put[base] <NP> <NP[acc],PP>
persuade[base] <NP> <NP[acc],VP[inf]>
afraid <NP> <PP>
of <> <NP[acc]>
that (C) <> <S[fin]>