Ling 111	Spring 2012

			Assignment 5
			Due Monday, April 16

A.  What is 'his' in "I broke his neck"
and why do you think so?

B.  (1)  {[the farmer]'s duck} died.

    (2)  I scared {[the Queen of England]'s cat}.

    (3)  {[[my uncle]'s monkey]'s fleas} are numerous.

    (4)  {[the man from Omaha]'s bid} was low.

1.  What are the underlined ({}) things in (1)-(4)?

2.  What are the boxed ([]) things?

3.  Modify the NP rule so that sentences like these will be
generated, respecting the decisions you made above about phrase
structure (answers to questions 1 & 2).

Then draw the trees for (1)-(4) according to your revised grammar.


C. If the following are generated by our grammar, draw their structures:

	(5) The monkey's aged mother's rabidly conservative uncle wrote
	     a short story.

	(6) A very big man with a very bad attitude's dog's escape from
	     its supposedly secure cage made the public nervous.

If they aren't, revise the grammar so that they are, and then draw their trees.