Ling 100 Homework 10 Due Friday, April 6 Name: SID: Instructions: Please write your answers in the space provided. You may do so either by using a pdf annotation function to type directly onto the pdf, or you may print the pdf, write your answers on the paper version, and subsequently scan and convert to pdf. And please don't forget to include your name and SID, above! 1. Consider the language English Prime, which has the same lexicon and morphology as English, but which has somewhat dierent phrase structure rules, given here. (1) a. S! NP VP b. NP! (Det) N' c. N'! N' (AdjP) (PP) d. N'! N e. PP! P' f. P'! NP P g. VP! V' (Aux) h. V'! V' (PP) i. V'! (NP) V How would you translate the following English sentences into English Prime? i. The sloth will rest. ii. The sloth ate the leaves. iii. The sloth hung from the branch. iv. The happy sloth will see the grumpy jaguarundi on Tuesday. 12. Answer the following questions. a. The object of a verb (e.g. the ocelot in the sentence I saw the ocelot) is: (circle all that apply) i. an NP ii. a sister to V' iii. a sister to V iv. a complement of V b. Consider two PPs that can permute freely with respect to their associated verb, as in the following case: (2) a. The margay sleeps in the shade by the creek. b. The margay sleeps by the creek in the shade. In such a case, we can conclude that: (circle all that apply) i. Both PPs are adjuncts ii. in the shade is a complement, and by the creek is an adjunct iii. Both PPs are sisters to V' iv. in the shade is a sister to V, and by the creek is a sister to V' c. Consider two PPs that cannot permute freely with respect to their associated verb, as in the following case (your grammaticality judgments may dier, but assume the given judgments for this question): (3) a. The squirrel monkey fell on the ground in the afternoon. b. *The squirrel monkey fell in the afternoon on the ground. In such a case, we can conclude that: (circle all that apply) i. Both PPs are adjuncts ii. on the...
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