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    This document contains syntax exercises for a student named Diana Herrera. It includes instructions to draw tree diagrams for English phrases and sentences of varying complexity. It also contains examples of different word order patterns in languages and asks the student to identify the language types based on the word order.

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    Diana Herrera
    This document contains syntax exercises for a student named Diana Herrera. It includes instructions to draw tree diagrams for English phrases and sentences of varying complexity. It also contains examples of different word order patterns in languages and asks the student to identify the language types based on the word order.

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    Name: DIANA HERRERA

    17.764.238 1. Do the exercises on: http://www.ucalgary.ca/~mcginnis/301/f04/ex02.pdf 2. Draw a labeled tree diagram for the following English phrases. a. ancient pyramids b. in the early evening c. concocted a potion d. bought the books that the course required e. the fascinating members of the reptile kingdom 3. Give examples following the English PS rules that follow: VP V + NP + PP VP V + AP NP DET + ADJ + N NP DET + ADJ + N + CP S NP + VP 4. Draw a labeled tree diagram for the following English sentences a) Miriam swims. b) The dog is barking. c) Peter told the truth. d) The wicked witch spilled the potion. e) The man with yellow shoes was reading a long book f) The runner with the best time won the prize. g) The witch said that Sleeping Beauty took the potion. h) Mary said that Laura would leave early i) The person you saw in that store is a much respected lawyer 5. The sentence Susie left the men without remorse is ambiguous. a) Draw the two possible structures S NP Aux Past V Det N PP S NP . Aux V NP VP PP VP NP

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    b) Explain what the two readings are because could be that she left the man forever in her live OR she left the man how to abandon him in any place 6. Do the exercises on: http://www.ucalgary.ca/~mcginnis/301/f04/an01.pdf

    7. Considering the following data, What types of languages are they? (Ika) Jose guiadzina wasana (Jose) (puma) (chase) Jose chased a puma.

    SOV
    (Swedish) John har atit (John) (has) (eaten) John has eaten the apple. applet (apple the)

    SVO
    (Tamil) Orange-kalai sapitavan (oranges) (ate) Sam ate oranges. Sam (Sam)

    OVS

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