1. In order to demonstrate that the word come is a verb, we will make use of different
evidences. Firstly, we will use constituency tests, to apply the constituency tests, we
will make up a sentence:
- John came to my place
We will apply “Gapping”:
- John came to my place, and Laura _ to my school.
With this constituency test, we can see that the word came, which is the inflectional
form of the verb come is a VP, due to the fact that only verbs can be gapped.
Then, we will apply “Do-so replacement”:
- John came after the dinner and Mary did so after lunch.
By doing this, we are also showing that the word come is a verb, because of the fact
that this kind of constituency test can be substituted only by a verb.
2. MP
3
ÑP M’
! 2
Ñ’ M BP
! !
Ñ B’
!
B
In this P-marker, we have three different heads, due to the fact that we have three
phrases, the main one, and two subordinate ones. The head of the MP is M, the head
of the ÑP is Ñ and the head of the BP is B. The root node would be MP, and the
nodes which are sisters to each other are ÑP and M’; Ñ’, M and BP; and Ñ and B’.
3. A) very proud of her old mother
AP
!
A’
!
3
A’ PP
2 4
Int. A of her sister
very proud
B) talk to Mary in class
