Syntax I
Assignment 5

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

II. (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).

III. Now explain the ambiguity of

	(5)  The son of the pharaoh's daughter is
	     the daughter of the paraoh's son.

Use trees.