322 Syntax
Exercise 4
Draw a tree structure for each phrase in the X0 notation. D and Q follow the regular expansion of X0 as projections of Dbo and Q, respectively:
Note this and that are determiners just as the is.
1. Draw a tree structure for the following phrases:
the table
this book
these nine women
those four apples
2. Continue — use NP for embedded NPs:
the glass of water
these three boxes of stogies
those five bottles of beer.
3. Determiners, quantifiers, and modifiers:
the purple shaft
this filthy old shoe
those eight contradictory books
these ten subordinate instructors
4. Non fixed-value quantifiers
some interesting books
few ideas
faded flowers
many large red birds
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