A Sentence) B The girl ate the apple
A (Sentence) B C The girl ate the apple
This tree contains three nodes a The top-most node, a, is the mother of the two lower nodes b and c B and c are daughters of the same mother and so we refer to them as sister nodes The simple tree in the above represents a constituent of category a which is composed of two parts, one of category b and the other of category C, occurring in that order
◼ This tree contains three Nodes. ◼ The top-most node, A, is the mother of the two lower nodes, B and C. ◼ B and C are daughters of the same mother, and so we refer to them as sister nodes. ◼ The simple tree in the above represents a constituent of category A which is composed of two parts, one of category B and the other of category C, occurring in that order
To dismantle a grammatical construction in this way is called IMMEDIATE CONSTITUENT ANALYSIS or IC analysis The immediate constituents themselves can be constructions of specific types, for instance, the nominal phrase" The girl can be further analysed into"The(Determiner)+ gil (Noun) y Thus, " The girp'is the construction of a nominal phrase, whereas“ The? and“i1are Its constituents
◼ To dismantle a grammatical construction in this way is called IMMEDIATE CONSTITUENT ANALYSIS or IC analysis. ◼ The immediate constituents themselves can be constructions of specific types, for instance, the nominal phrase “The girl” can be further analysed into “The (Determiner) + girl (Noun)”. ◼ Thus, “The girl” is the construction of a nominal phrase, whereas “The” and “girl” are its constituents
When a tree diagram is used to represent the constituent structure of a grammatical unit (e g a phrase or sentence), syntactic categories are used to label the nodes; the most common of these are listed in the following:
◼ When a tree diagram is used to represent the constituent structure of a grammatical unit (e.g. a phrase or sentence), syntactic categories are used to label the nodes; the most common of these are listed in the following:
Word -level Phrasal NE noun NP=noun phrase A=adjective AP=adjective phrase V=verb VP=verb phrase P=preposition PP=preposition phrase Det=determiner S=sentence or clause Adv=adverb Conj=conjunction
Word-level Phrasal N= noun A=adjective V=verb P=preposition Det=determiner Adv=adverb Conj=conjunction NP=noun phrase AP=adjective phrase VP=verb phrase PP=preposition phrase S=sentence or clause