Syntax 3: Phrase Structure Rules and Syntactic Trees

Question 1

Phrase Structure Rules (PSRs) form

Answer 1

XP → (YP) X (ZP)
XP = name of unspecified constituent
X = constituent’s head, gives the constituent its name
YP and ZP = bracketed constituent embedded within the large XP phrase
- constituent XP must contain the element X, and constituents YP and ZP that are optional

Question 2

Noun Phrases