SYNTAX TEST. March 20, 2021.

Name: Saul Hernandez 9-741-1376 score: ______ 85 pts.

Mr. Zamorano.

A. Categories. Label each word of the following sentence by category. 10 pts

Art/D N Prep Ppro N V Comp pro Mod v Pnoun P N Pnoun

1- The back of our invoice indicates that you may use UPS for returns, FedEx

M Adv V Art/D N N Prep comp Adj N

has recently become the exclusive provider of this convenient service.

B. Provide tree diagrams for the following words. Put I or D under each affix to indicate whether it
is inflectional or derivational. 12 pts
V

Af V Af
2- Re activ ated (as in Mary reactivated the flux capacitor).
I D
Adv

Adj

Af Adj Af

3- Un happi ly

D D

Adj

V Af Af

4- Acti vi ty
 Adj

V Af Af
5- govern ment al
D D

C- In the following sentences, first underline the arguments of the main verb with a straight line and
adjuncts with a wavy line. Then label the thematic role of each argument and the type of each adjunct.
12 pts.

Agent V Theme Adj of reason

6- We strained the water to remove impurities.

Agent V Benefitiary Theme

7- I gave her a big kiss.

Percept V theme
8- Flowers bloomed along the path.

Agent v Benefitiary theme

9- I bought her some new clothes.

D- Name the tenses and aspects of the italicized expressions. 10pts

10- They are sleeping already.

Present Progressive

11- She had left when we arrived.

Past perfect Past Simple
E- Constituency Tests. 12pts

Do the italicized phrases in (a) and (b) form constituents? Circle your answers; then provide one
supporting arguments for each of them.

12- John walked up the street.

13- Jane turned up the volume.

Answer (12). Up the street IS/IS NOT a constituent, because:

1.It is an adjunct it can be deleted

Anwer (b) Up the volume IS / IS NOT a constituent, because:

1. It is a complement can not be deleted, The message will be incomplete.

F. Provide a lexical entry for each of the verbs below, including its subcategorization frame and including
the thematic roles that it assigns. Base your answers on the examples given. 9 pts

1 Irritate V[_NP] Percept, experiencer

2. love V[_NP] Experiencer, percept

3. drink V[_(Adv)] Agent, Adjunct of Manner

Relevant example: Interruptions irritate her

I love a good novel

I ate a sandwich for lunch

* Interruption irritate

* I love

We drank slowly
F- Why is the italicized material ambiguous? Explain and draw diagrams. 14pts

The chef attacked a difficult customer with an antique spoon.

R/The attack was perpetrated by the chef or the customer it is not clear it is ambiguous.

TP

VP
NP
V´
D N´
V´
The N
V NP PP
Chef
Attacked P´

D N´ P NP

A With
AdjP D N´
N´
Adj´ An
N
Adj AdjP
Costumer N´
Difficult Adj´
N
Adj
Spoon
Antique
G- What prescriptive rule do the sentences below violate. 6 pts

1. All of the linguists at the conference congratulated each other.

In this case each other is only supposed to be used when there are two participants, maybe a
appropriate grammar would change it like All of the linguists at the conference congratulated
one another.

2. Me and John are going to the movies later.

it´s assumed that when we use ¨me¨ it is used only in object positions or after a preposition.
Here the pronoun is in the subject position, so it’s supposed to be the nominative I.
H- Syntax Name: Saul Hernandez Date: March 20, 2021

Drawing trees. 35pts

1. threw meatballs at the wall with a spoon on Tuesday. 10pts

VP

V’

V’ PP

V’ PP
P’

V’
PP P’ P NP
on
V NP NP
P’ P
N’
threw
with

N’
D N’
P NP N
at a
tuesday
N N
meatballls spoon
D N’
the

wall
2. the table with the ugly lamp beside the sofa. 10 pts

NP

D N’

the
N’ PP

P’
N’ PP

P NP
N P
table beside
P
NP
with D N’

the

D N’ sofa

the

AdjP N’

Adj’ N

lamp
Adj

ugly
 TP

NP VP

D N’
V’
the

PP V’ PP
N’
P’
P’
AdjP N’ V NP
Adj’ bought P NP
P NP
N PP
from
D N’
AdvP teacher from N’
Adj’
a D N’
Adv’ N
Adj P’
Adv Asia that
N PP
Foolish
Very P NP N’
bagful AdjP
of P’ Adj’
N’
Adj AdjP N’
N
P NP N
deceitful Adj’
spanish
of vendor
Adj
N’
Continue next page street
N’ PP

clothes
 P’

P NP

in

N’

AdjP N’
Adj’ N
Adj colors
Bright