Modern Grammar - Assignment 9 James Madison University

Instructions: Find the answer to each of the questions below using the LLAMA-Syntax applet at the bottom of this page. [The assignment will be marked only as an acceptable or unacceptable effort.]

1. What are the correct tree structures for the following noun phrases and what are the phrase structure rules needed to build these tree structures? (Remember that to test your rules you will also need to add categories and lexical items, and set the parser to have NP as a top node.) HINT: REMEMBER THAT YOU CAN USE BAR LEVELS INSIDE THE NP.
   1. a holiday
   2. the red caboose
   3. several small problems
   4. my house by the shore
   5. a few of the best musicians

   
   

2. Which of the following sentences is structurally ambiguous? (HINT: THERE IS JUST ONE.) Write a grammar that will produce each possible tree structure for the sentences that are structurally ambiguous. (Note: For this assignment you are using a full parser that can search for more than one parse for each input string. Click on the parser "tips" lightbulb for more information. Also, remember to set your Top Node entry field back to S for this part of the assignment.)
   1. I met a professor in the English Department.
   2. Kids make nutritious snacks.
   3. Bob is avoiding Bill because he has started dating Kim.

Tips on using the Category Editor
Tips on using the Rule Editor
Tips on using the Lexicon Editor
Tips on using the Parser

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