MUSE Phrase Structure Rules

Question 1

NP rule

Answer 1

NP -> (D)(AdjP+)N(PP+)(CP)

Question 2

AdjP rule

Answer 2

AdjP -> (AdvP+)Adj

Question 3

AdvP rules

Answer 3

AdvP -> (AdvP+)Adv

Question 4

PP rules

Answer 4

PP ~> PNP

Question 5

VP rule

Answer 5

VP -> (AdvP+)V(NP)({NP/CP})(AdvP+)(PP+)(AdvP+)

Question 6

TP rules

Answer 6

TP -> {NP/CP}(T)VP

Question 7

CP rules

Answer 7

CP -> (C)TP

Question 8

Conjunction rules

Answer 8

XP -> XPConjXP
X -> XConjX

Question 9

T

Answer 9

includes modals and auxiliaries like will, may, can, am, is, are, was, were, being, been, have, be, etc.

Question 10

TP

Answer 10

main clauses, combines sentences together

Question 11

C

Answer 11

includes complementizers such as that, if, whether, because, unless, since.

Question 12

CP

Answer 12

embeds clauses

Question 13

No “recursive” lexical categories

Answer 13

no rules like N -> Adj N

Question 14

Determiners

Answer 14

articles: a, an, the
cardinal numbers: one, two, three
demonstratives: this, that, these, those
partitives: some of, piece of, and others
quantifiers: most, all, and others
possessive: ours, yours, hers, his, mine, theirs