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25 Cards in this Set
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NP
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noun phrase
can contain: (DET), (A), N, (PP) |
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(DET)
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Determiner
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(A)
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Adjective
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N
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Noun
can also be a pronoun |
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(PP)
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Prepositional Phrase
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VP
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verb phrase
can contain: V, (NP), (PP) |
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S
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sentance
can be any clause |
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clause
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contains a noun & a verb
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Comp. Relitive
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Inderect Object
Direct Object Subject Oblique - Object of a Prep Possessor |
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Aux
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auxilary verb
"Helping" Verbs Two kinds: Modal, non-modal |
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Modal
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alters factual info about the verb
9 can, could, shall, should, may, might, must, will, would |
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Non-modal
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maintains factual info
3 do, be, have |
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constituent
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linguistical name for "words" that make up sentances
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immediate dominance
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when a node is directly under another node it is immediately dominated
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direct object
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an NP that is immediately dominated by VP
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subject
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NP that is immediately dominated by S
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intransitive verbs
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verb that cannot take a direct object
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transitive verbs
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verb that can take a direct object
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grammatical relation
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term used to capture the syntactic relationship in a clause between an NP and the predicate clause.
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information questions
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WH-word
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WH-words (7)
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who (whom), why, when, where, which, what, how
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embedded clause
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clause that is found within another clause
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subordinate clause
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embedded clause that cannot stand alone
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matrix clause
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embedded clause + subordinate clause
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relative clause
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one clause is embedded into an NP of another clause
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