Phrase Structure Tree

We all do our research and put an effort in making a clear and an accurate presentation, but I'd be glad if this could help especially for those who are taking major in English and the like. Good luck!

A proper credit would be appreciated.
• Rosebella B. Carredo, BSEd Major in English, University of Mindanao

1. PHRASE STRUCTURE TREE PREPARED BY: ROSEBELLA B. CARREDO

2. Review: Syntax Knowing a language includes the ability to construct phrases and sentences out of morphemes and words. The part of the grammar that represents a speaker’s knowledge of these structures and their formation is called “ syntax ”. In other words, syntax is the study of sentence patterns of language.

3. Review: Syntactic category is a set of words and or phrases in a language which share a significant number of common characteristics. Parts of Speech Phrase Structure Grammars Sentence

4. Review: Syntactic Labels Sentence :S Noun Phrase :NP Determiner : Det Verb Phrase :VP Adjective : Adj Adverb : Adv Noun :N Verb :V Pronoun :Pro Preposition :P Auxiliary Verb :Aux Preposition Phrase :PP Adverb Phrase : AdvP Adjective Phrase : AdjP

5. Noun Phrase(NP) Adjective Phrase( AdjP ) Verb Phrase(VP) Adverb Phrase( AdvP ) Preposition Phrase(PP)

6. PHRASE STRUCTURE TREE Also called constituent structure tree . It is a tree diagram with syntactic category information provided. Shows that a sentence is both linear string of words and a hierarchical structure with phrases nested in phrases ( combination of phrase structure ) It is a formal device for representing speaker’s knowledge about phrase structure in speech.

7. “The child found the puppy”

8. Exercise: Group Activity Draw a phrase structure tree out of the given sentences.

9. 1. The Cat plays piano. 2. John lost his pants. 3. It is under the box. 4. He hit the ball. 5. John waved. 6. Alsatians are big. 7. it’s raining.

10. Thank You!  and God Bless! <3