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Syntax Corpus Analysis

The document provides instructions for analyzing the syntax and structure of sentences. It includes tasks such as constructing constituent tree diagrams, classifying sentences as simple, complex, or compound, breaking sentences down into their smallest units, rewriting sentences to eliminate ambiguity, and constructing a sentence based on a given tree diagram. The document covers various techniques for syntactic and structural analysis of sentences.

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Syntax Corpus Analysis

The document provides instructions for analyzing the syntax and structure of sentences. It includes tasks such as constructing constituent tree diagrams, classifying sentences as simple, complex, or compound, breaking sentences down into their smallest units, rewriting sentences to eliminate ambiguity, and constructing a sentence based on a given tree diagram. The document covers various techniques for syntactic and structural analysis of sentences.

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SYNTAX CORPUS ANALYSIS

I. Do a constituent analysis of each sentences given, then show the layers of the
constituents in a tree diagram.

1. The farmers
saw the frogs.

2. Harry said he
bought a new
car.

3. The bus ran


down the dog.

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4. The boy ran


down the street.

5. The runner
from Baguio won
the prize in the
games.

6. Mavis believes
the burglar took
the laptop.

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7. Mark took a
photograph of a
platypus.

8. The athlete
climbed up the
steep mountain.

9. The dog slept


in the garage.

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10. The
struggling
actress climbed
up the ladder of
success.

11. Elvis won’t


tell me Daniel’s
new phone
number.

12. My
neighbour heard
the news on the
radio.

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13. The teacher


that I described
to you won the
Best Teacher’s
award.

14. Joshua
advised Henry to
see a doctor.

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II. Describe each sentence that underwent the process of conjoining or

embedding.

1. The man who I am going to marry is a virgin.

 The sentence became a complex sentence because of the dependent clause

“who I am going to marry”. The phrase is embedded to the sentence “The man is

a virgin.”

2. I will marry the man, and the man is a virgin.

 The sentence is an example of compound sentence. There are two independent

clauses connected with a coordinating conjunction. The first independent clause

is “I will marry the man.” The second independent clause is “The man is a virgin.”

They are conjoined by the coordinating conjunction “and”.

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III. Break down the sentences given to small units.

1. Raymond is a student at the University of Poland.

 Raymond is a student.

 Raymond is at the University of Poland

 Where is Raymond a student?

2. The night was dark and Roger was walking home when he heard a noise that

frightened him so he ran.

 Roger was walking home.

 He heard noise.

 The night was dark.

 He ran.

 A noise that frightened him

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IV. Rewrite each sentence to eliminate ambiguity.

1. They found the peasants revolting.

 They found the peasants disgusting.

2. Erika does not like her husband as neither does Nathalie.

 Erika neither likes her husband nor Nathalie.

3. There is nothing more alarming than developing nuclear power plants.

 Nothing is more alarming than developing nuclear power plants.

4. The car I’m getting to drive is a Lamborghini.

 The car I will drive is a Lamborghini.

5. They said that they told her to come to them.

 The people said that they told her to “Come to us”.

6. He met his challenger in his home.

 He and his challenger met at his own home.

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V. Write a sentence by filling the required constituents of the following tree

diagram.

1. The child won a game.

2. Laughing children told us to

get a basket.

3. A lady got out the building.

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4. Harley cooked the chicken

on the skillet.

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