Gramática Inglesa II

Grado en Estudios Ingleses

Dpto. Filologías Inglesa y Alemana
Universidad de Granada

Syntactico-semantic relations

1. Make up sentences which realise the following semantic

patterns:

(a) Sinstrument Pmaterial

(b) Spossessor Prelational Odpossessed
(c) Sagent Pmaterial Oiaffected Odeventive
(d) Sagent Pmaterial Oibeneficiary Odeffected
(e) Sagent Pmaterial Odaffected Alocative/space
(f) Srecipient experiencer Pmental Odphenomenon Cocurrent
(g) Sagent Pmaterial Odeffected Ainstrument
(h) Scarrier Prelational Cscurrent
(i) Scausative agent Pmaterial Odaffected Coresulting
(j) Scarrier Prelational Csresulting
(k) Sinstrument Pmaterial Odaffected
(l) Sexperiencer Pmental Odphenomenon
(m) Sagent Pmaterial Odcognate
(n) Sforce Pmaterial Odaffected
(o) Scarrier (characterised) Prelational Cscurrent characterising
(p) Ssayer Pverbal Odverbiage

2. Attempt a full syntactic and semantic analysis of the

following sentences>

1) We are playing tennis after lunch

2) He put the sauce in the cupboard
3) Honestly, I do not know
4) The girl in the blue dress grew angry
5) John grew a beard
6) She felt a sharp pain
7) He felt a complete idiot
8) Soon he will be living locally
9) They elected a treasurer
10) He elected himself treasurer
11) The spectators cheered
12) The thunder rolled
13) Lighting struck the oak tree
14) The dog was eating a bone
15) Mary fried an egg
16) Mary made a cake
17) The gardener dub a hole
18) Bill-s father has given us his car
19) Mary made me a cake
20) The windows broke
21) Lunar vehicles have explored the surface of the moon
22) I rang the bell
23) The children have grown
24) I went up and gave her a kiss
25) The gallery became a reality in June
26) The knife killed him
27) Anna said that she was studying hard
28) Jack fell down in the morning
29) The wind pushed the door open
30) His best friend became a famous writer
31) I think the earthquake has destroyed the village
32) The little girl gave her mother a kiss when she arrived
home
33) Our Chinese students bought him a beautiful present
34) Her made her happy when he left
35) The key did not open the door of the red car but I tried to
open it with another one and, eventually, the door opened
36) They were very happy but the visit to the Alhambra made
them happier
37) The old photographs were found in a small box
38) The storm went on and she heard her name being called
from below
39) I find the approach interesting
40) The storm destroyed the place, they hurried home
41) The spectators cheered
42) We carried our luggage
43) An avalanche buried the climbers
44) Stress was affecting his life
45) The child ate the chocolate
46) The ball was kicked by Ted
47) He paints surrealist portraits of his friends
48) My mother bakes delicious pies and bread
49) That old man on the bench has rolled a cigarette
50) He angrily threw a stone at the barking dog
51) The photographer clicked the camera
52) The camera clicked