Use the constituency tests to break up each of the following sentences into its syntactic constituents. You don’t need to worry about lexical expressions (i.e., individual words). Rather, just determine which phrasal expressions are constituents in each sentence. If the results you get from different constituency tests are inconsistent, use your best judgment in deciding whether something is a constituent or not.
a. Sandy shot the soldier.
b. Leslie said it rained.
c. The girl persuaded Polly to come along.
d. Sally mailed a card to Polly.
e. Polly saw Bob with Sally.
f. Sally put the book on the desk in her study.
Use the constituency tests to break up each of the following sentences into its…
Use the constituency tests to break up each of the following sentences into its syntactic constituents. You don't need to worry about lexical expressions (i.e., individual words)....
