Syntactic Structures

Assignment 9					Due Monday April 27

(1)  My monkey climbed up the tree.

(2)  My uncle called up the mayor.

(3)  Up the tree my monkey climbed.

(4) *Up the mayor my uncle called.

(5)  My uncle called the mayor up.

(6) *My monkey climbed the tree up.

NOTE:  Our grammar currently does not generate things like (3) or (5).

TASK:  Revise the grammar so as to generate the grammatical things like
(3) and (5) (make up many examples, see below), while not generating
ungrammatical stuff like (4) and (6).

HINT 1:  This puzzle involves two different new constructions.

HINT 2:  The best way to proceed is to divide the problem into two parts:

	(a)  Figure out how to generate examples like (3):

		Into his ear the monkey stuffed a banana.

		In this can I keep my marbles.

		To the back of the device the technicial affixed a long antenna.

		On her index finger she put a simple silver ring.

	(b)  Then figure out examples like (5):

		turn off the lights, turn the lights off

		put out the cat, put the cat out

		let in the dog, let the dog in

		take out the garbage, take the garbage out

		wrap up the meat, wrap the meat up

HINT 3:  The best way to do this involves two new transformations.

Be sure to discuss your solution thoroughly, justifying any rules you
propose and any assumptions about structure that you make.  Make sure your
revised grammar does not generate examples like (4) and (6), and say why.