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This document discusses different types of sentences and clauses in syntax, including noun phrases, prepositional phrases, complementizer phrases, wh-questions, yes/no questions, and embedded clauses. It provides syntactic tree diagrams to illustrate the structure of sample sentences like "The father in the library", "On the desk", and "I want him to clean the board".
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- 2. Types of sentencesand clauses • NP (The father in the library) • PP (on the desk) • CP (Statement with 1 constituent: I play football.) • CP (Statement with 3 constituent: I play football at school on Mondays.) • Wh question (Where does he work?) • Yes/No question (Does he play football?) • CP+CP (two sentences : I know that he goes to school.) • CP+IP ( I want him to clean the board.)
- 3. The father inthe library NP SPEC N’ N PP SPEC P’ P NP SPEC N’ N the father in the library
- 4. On the desk PP SPECP’ P NP SPEC N’ N on the desk
- 5. I play football. CP SPECC’ C IP SPEC I’ I VP SPEC V’ I V NP SPEC N’ N play football Tense Agreement I Nominative case Accusative case
- 6. I play footballat school on Mondays. CP SPEC C’ C IP SPEC I’ I VP SPEC V’ I V’ Tense Agreement I Nominative case Accusative case V’ PP P SPEC P’ NP SPEC N’ N NP V PP N’ N SPEC play football at P SPEC P’ NP SPEC N’ N school on Mondays Accusative case Accusative case
- 7. Where does hework? ( does he work where?) CP SPEC C’ C IP SPEC I’ I VP SPEC V’ he V NP SPEC N’ N does where work Tense Agreement he where
- 8. Does he playfootball? he CP SPEC C’ SPEC I’ I VP SPEC V’ V NP SPEC N’ N C IP football play Tense Agreement he does
- 9. I know thathe goes to school. CP SPEC C’ C IP SPEC I’ SPEC V’ V CP I VP that he goes to school know I Tense Agreement I goes he Tense Agreement he CP SPEC C’ C IP SPEC I’ SPEC V’ V PP I VP P SPEC P’ NP SPEC N’ N to school that he goes to school
- 10. I want himto clean the board. CP SPEC C’ C IP SPEC I’ SPEC V’ V’ IP I VP want I Tense Agreement I to clean the board N’ N SPEC him V NP SPEC I’ IP SPEC V’ V NP I VP board N’ N SPEC to clean the board the clean to