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Verb Phrase (VP) Analysis
The Verb Phrase (VP) consists of a main (lexical) verb with, optionally, a number of auxillary verbs in front. (AUX) VERB …
Noun Phrase (NP) Analysis
A Noun Phrase consists of a head noun, and optionally a determiner, some pre-modification and post-modification. Here is an analysis …
“swathes of the country”
“swathes of the country” is a noun phrase (NP). “swathes” is the head noun. This head is post-modified by “of …
Clauses
Structure of the Clause What is a clause? All languages are able to talk about ‘things’. That is, we can …
Punctuation
Punctuation is the use of small typographical symbols ( . , ; : ) to segment and conjoin textual items …
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo
Is this a sentence? If so, what is the first NP? Where is the VP? “Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo …
Genericness (NPs)
Noun phrases can be said to have generic reference if they refer to the class of objects represented by the …
‘The next bus’
‘The next bus’ Headnoun – ‘bus’ Determiner phrase ‘The next’ = Central determiner (the) + Postdeterminer (next)
Knock knock
Knock knock Who’s there? Grandma Grandma who?