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Ginzburg and Sag (2000)

Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar

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Definitionsliste:

Begriff 1

Beschreibung 1

Begriff 2

Beschreibung 2-1

Beschreibung 2-2

Text einrücken:

Einfache Einrückung

Doppelte Einrückung

Mehrfache Einrückung

Nummered list:

1. Erstes Element der ersten Ebene
   1. Erstes Element der zweiten Ebene
   2. Zweites Element der zweiten Ebene
2. Zweites Element

Bulleted lists:

• Erstes Element der ersten Ebene
  • Erstes Element der zweiten Ebene
  • Zweites Element der zweiten Ebene
• Zweites Element

Establishing the head of a phrase

Establish what phrase the words below form and identify the head of the phrase!

Example: surprised them.

The words above form a . The head of this phrase is the .

Example: with a friend.

The words above form a . The head of this phrase is the .

Valence

2. Kim needs new shoes. 3. Kim talked to the student. 4. Kim sent the student to Robin. 5. Kim lent Robin a bicycle. 6. Kim told Robin that the student likes her. 7. Kim suggested to Robin that the student likes her. 8. Kim wants [to eat an apple.] 9. Kim believes Robin to like the student. 10. Kim seems to like the student. 11. Kim is intelligent. 12. Kim found the movie interesting. 13. Kim talked to Robin about the student. 14. Kim saw Robin talk to the student. 15. The student amuses Kim. 16. Kim came out of the room.

Words

Verb	SUBJ	COMPS
snore	<NP>	<>
own	<NP>	<NP>
put	<NP>	<NP,NP>

Verb         SUBJ         COMPS

snore        <NP>         <>
own          <NP>         <NP>
put          <NP>         <NP,PP>

When you look up the word scissors in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary, you are given the following information about it:

Phonology	scissors
Part of speech	noun
Number	plural
Content	a tool for cutting paper ...

The following representation shows how we will structure the information in a word in this course:

Determine the syntactic categories of the following groups of words in the sentences.
Use the following labels: AP, AdvP, NP, PP, VP. Write "-" if the group of words does not form a constitutent.
Example: [S: Pat [VP: will [VP: wait [PP: for Alex]]]]

a. [ Alex [ talked [ to [ my best friend]]]]

b. [ [ The president] [ announced [CP: that [ there [ will [ be [ no further taxes]]]]]]].

Analyze the following phrases:

read the paper

Head: Category:

Complement 1: Category:

Complement 2: Category:

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Parts of the clause

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Sentence meaning

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