Modern Grammar - Assignment 17 James Madison University

Instructions: Diagram each of the sentences below.

1. None of those flashlights will work.
2. Several people might have fainted in the store.
3. The gazelle was not running very quickly.
4. A bee has flown into that girl's hat.
5. The invading army's alarm dashed the local rebel's hopes.
6. I called up my personal astrologist on Tuesday.
7. The man and his dog ate meatloaf for many years.
8. The teacher passed out the milk and cookies.
9. Your attitude is truly irritating and completely foolish.
10. That group's representatives can accept the offer or negotiate better terms.
11. You should take the high road, and I will take the low road.
12. Your answer may work, but I dislike it.
13. Birds eat worms and fly.
14. While the President spoke, the lawyers doodled.
( Note that correct new rule is S--> AdvCl S )

CHALLENGE QUESTIONS -- LOOKING BEYOND RULES YOU'VE SEEN:

1. Given that Adverbial phrases occuring before a sentence are attached with the rule S --> AdvP S and that adverbial clauses are attached in a similar way, i.e., S --> AdvCl S, look at the rule we've been using to attach an AdvP at the end of a sentence and write down what you think will be the equivalent rule for an AdvCl at the end of a sentence: __________________________________________
2. Try to figure out what the two sentences below have in common in terms of a type of syntactic structure that we have discussed but for which we have not provided any syntactic rules. Underline just the one WORD in each sentence that is the key to this structure. That's it; you don't have to label the parts, define rules, or diagram!
   1. Aiming for the moon wastes ammunition.
   2. They enjoy sending anonymous gifts to their friends.